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Title: Seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection in the general population of Nepal during the first and Second generalized waves of the COVID-19 pandemic -2020-2021
Short (running) title: Seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 infection in Nepal
- Full first and last name of each author, with the highest degree and affiliation
Paudel, Krishna Prasad MD *; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Samuel, Reuben MSc * ; World Health Organization Regional Office for SouthEast Asia, World Health Emergencies; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Jha, Runa MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, National Public Health Laboratory; Pandey, Basudev PhD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Chathura, Edirisuriya MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Shrestha, Nebin Lal MSc ; Government of Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics, National Planning Commission;Gyawali, Pradip MD ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Health Research Council; Pokhrel, Amrit MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Shrestha, Lilee MSc ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, National Public Health Laboratory; Mahato, Ram Kumar MPH ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Hossain, Shaik Shah MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health EmergenciesArunkumar, Govindakarnavar PhD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Bose, Anindya Sekhar MD ; World Health Organization; World Health Organisation Nepal, Immunisation Preventable Diseases; Dhimal, Meghnath PhD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, National Health Research Council; Gautam, Dipendra MHSc ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Neupane, Subash MBBS ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies;Thakur, Nishant MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Shrestha, Saugat MPH ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Bhusal, Nirajan PhD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies;Jha, Priya MSc ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Gupta, Binod MPH ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Rayamajhi, Rajan MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; World Health Organization Bangladesh Subedee, Koshal Chandra MScPH ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division;Kandel, Shashi MPH ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Poudel, Mukesh MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Thapa, Lila MPH ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control;Sharma, Guna Nidhi MPH ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population; Gocotano, Allison MIPH ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Sunny, Avinash K MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies;Gautam, Rabin MD ; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies; Bhatta, Deepak MPH ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Awal, Balkrishna MSc. ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, National Public Health Laboratory; Rokha, Bhola MPA ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Ojha, Hemant Chandra MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Baral, Phanindra MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Adhikari, Mahendra Dhose MPH ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division; Lohani, Guna Raj MD ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population; Shrestha, Mahendra Prasad MPH ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population; Singh, Dipendra Raman MD ; Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services; Vandelaer, Jos MPH ; World Health Organisation Nepal; World Health Organization country office Thailand; Aryal, Laxman MPA ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population; Pandav, RajeshSambhajirao MPH ; World Health Organisation Nepal; andPokhrel, Roshan MD ; Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population.
*Joint first authors and corresponding authors
- Complete contact information of the corresponding author (email address required)
Krishna Prasad Paudel , Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division. kpkalyan@gmail.com
Reuben Samuel , World Health Organization Regional Office for SouthEast Asia, World Health Emergencies; World Health Organisation Nepal, World Health Emergencies samuelr@who.int
- Any conflict of interest: None declared.
- Disclosure of grants or other funding:
This research has been supported by WHO Unity Studies, a global sero-epidemiological standardization initiative, with funding to WHO by the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) COVID-19 Research and Development Fund (71745), and Department for International Development [Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)] (70071).