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COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

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2 Prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV2

In this section you will use the virtual ELISA: epidemiology laboratory to measure the prevalence and titre of antibodies to SARS-CoV2 spike protein. The laboratory includes serum samples from 60 individuals as well as the standard and negative control samples.

You will also use the data you obtain to carry out some simple immunological investigations. For this purpose you are given some additional information on the age and sex of the individuals in Table 1, which can be downloaded here [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .