The Oxford Vaccine Group looked at researching ways of surveying how well protected we are from infectious diseases by collecting blood samples from people who represent different groups across society.
Why did we do this study?
One of the ways our bodies develop protection against infectious diseases is by developing antibodies, either after an infection or following a vaccination. We decided to do a blood test to measure the antibody levels against important diseases, including those that are vaccine preventable and the virus that caused the COVID-=19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2.