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RECRUITMENTS=x r As part of a contract with the city of Santa Ana, the UCI Program in Public Health will design and implement COVID-19 serosurveillance of 8,000 Santa Ana residents over the age of five from October - December 2020. UCI will employ randomized cluster sampling by census tract, overseen by Dr. Boden-Albala, Dr. Ryan, and Dr. Wing. Participants will be given an antibody test following completion of a short survey. UCI will contract local community organizations to consult on development of the survey and sampling strategy and to assist with systematic recruitment of participants in English, Spanish, and/or Vietnamese, including a targeted media and information campaign to encourage community engagement. UCI will provide incentives for participation. Recruitment will begin following approval of the protocol by the UCI IRB. Dr. Runnerstrom will oversee operations of UCI's assistance with Santa Ana's online chat line and phone line, which will be available daily to respond to residents' questions about the project. Dr. Parker will oversee testing procedures, with logistical managerial support from Dr. Albala and Ms. Drum. UCI will contract Maypl to schedule and conduct in -home appointments for COVID IgG/IgM rapid serum tests that will require a finger stick capillary tube procedure. The Feigner lab will quantify antibody titer to COVID-19 using its UCI microarray platform. MODELING Dr. Ryan, Dr. Wing, and Dr. Parker will oversee data analysis. UCI will use serosurveillance data to develop models that will forecast the trajectory of COVID-19 in Santa Ana. Project Timeline Date Activity 9/15/20- Develop sampling and recruitment strategy 10 1 20 10/1/20- Recruit participants and conduct in -home testing on 8,000 Santa Ana residents; 12 30 20 provide hel line access for participant questions 1/1/21- Analyze results; develop predictive models; issue report to city of Santa Ana; 2/1/21 submit results to high -impact peer reviewed journal (this will be a part of a final report that is due as part of the close-out activities 21