India
pti-Deepika S
Mumbai, Apr 24: A sero survey by Mumbai”s civic body has found that women have more antibodies than men to the fight the coronavirus.
It also showed that sero positivity in non-slum areas was increasing, while it was decreasing in slum areas, which matches the current trend that a large number of patients are being detected from the former in the current COVID-19 surge, officials said.
Sero positivity entails a blood test showing a positive result for a particular antibody, a civic official explained.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation survey, details of which were revealed on Saturday, showed sero positivity among women was 37.12 per cent as against 35.02 per cent in men.
“In the sero survey, 41.61 per centsero positivity was found in blood samples taken from municipal dispensaries in slum areas. Overall, 36.30 per cent sero positivity is found in 10,197…