Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antigen among Dawadmi applied medical science college students through Rapid antigen test.

Abstract

Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represent major challenges for health care workers whom directly contact with the infected persons.  Objective: This study aimed to assess presence of antigen using oral and nasal rapid test. Methods: Subjects and Setting: All female students of Dawadmi Applied Medical Science College who were willing to participate in the study. Design: Cross-sectional design. Results; table 1: There was 53.1% from subjects were aged 21-23 and (60.9%) in medical laboratories. Respectively in Figure one: More than three third of subjects have not any hereditary disease (79%) and in figure two; the majority don't receive any medication for a continuous period (92). In Table 3; 60% of them don’t catch Covid before, 93% took  Corona virus vaccine and 71.5% took three doses of the Corona virus vaccine.  86.6% of them wear aware of  the nature of the virus and contact with the infected person as a method of transmission reported by 50.3%. In Table 4; 60.3% know the World Health Organization’s announcement about pandemic. In Table 5; Majority of them washed their hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (90.5%), 92.2% adhered to preventive measures if they experienced symptoms associated with Covid-19, (97.8%) from them staying away from those infected with the disease  and 96.6% were negative for  virus antigen analysis. Conclusion: Because of the low incidence CoV-2 Antibodies among the studied subjects the study hypothesis was accepted. Recommendations: Educational intervention covering all preventive practice aspects should be conducted with continuous screening to discover new cases to provide effective intervention and decrease disease incidence.