Frequency of SARS Cov 2 Ig G Antibody in Healthy Vaccinated and Non Vaccinated Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakista
| Main Authors: | Dr Muhammad Asif Shahzad, Dr. Anam Nasim, Raza Tariq |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2021
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https://zenodo.org/record/4873869 |
Daftar Isi:
- Abstract In Pakistan, nowadays, the third wave of Covid 19 targets a huge population in highly dense areas. Though the vaccination is providing still the prevalence of Covid increase day by day. This study aims to explore the frequency of SARS Cov 2 IgG antibody in healthy vaccinated and non vaccinated health care workers in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted by the services hospital lahore in 6 weeks. Two major groups were formed according to the status of infectivity that whether or not they were infected with Covid-19. The groups were further divided on the basis of the genders of the individuals. All their data was extracted after having proper informed consent from the subjects by asking them to fill a consent form. . For this study, we developed some inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: A total of 40 healthcare workers participates in this research. During the research period, 22 patients were Covid infected. Among these Covid patients majority they were female ( 63.6%) rest were male. Only 18 healthy participants were available at the time of the research. In Covid participants, 13 had reactive anti spike antibodies which were considered positive for this study. The cut-off value between non-reactive and reactive Igg lies within the range of 1-1.5 for both Covid infected and non-infected patients. Conclusion: Our study concluded that the development of antispike antibodies plays a vital role in reducing the risk of Covid-19. Human immunity itself produce antibodies that defeat mild and moderate symptoms