COVID-19 in otolaryngologists: a cross-sectional multicenter study
| Autor: | Roberto Dihl Angeli, Nedio Atolini Junior, Adriana de Carli, Ingrid Wendland Santanna, Renato Roithmann, Eduardo Homrich Granzotto, Gerson Schulz Maahs, Caroline Catherine Lacerda Elias, Camila Degen Meotti, Luciana Pimentel Oppermann, Fabrício Scapini, Clarissa Delpizzo Castagno, Lilcia Helena de Britto Medeiros, Rita Carolina Pozzer Krumenauer, Nédio Steffen, José Faibes Lubianca Neto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health-care workers Population Seroprevalence Asymptomatic Seroepidemiologic Studies Throat Otolaryngologists medicine Humans Seroconversion education education.field_of_study SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Middle Aged Cross-Sectional Studies medicine.anatomical_structure Immunoglobulin M Otorhinolaryngology Private practice Immunoglobulin G Relative risk Original Article Female medicine.symptom business Viral load |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology |
| ISSN: | 1808-8694 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.bjorl.2021.06.007 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: The nose and throat are areas of high viral load, which could place otolaryngologists at an even higher risk for COVID-19 than other health-care workers. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in otorhinolaryngologists in southern Brazil, its relationship to demographic data, professional practice and reported symptoms of COVID-19, and compare it with official data on other health-care workers of the state and the general population in the same period. METHODS: In this cross-sectional multicenter study, otolaryngologists actively practicing officially registered in Rio Grande do Sul were screened for IgM and IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from August 1 to September 15, 2020. A questionnaire was also applied. RESULTS: We screened 358 (80.1%) of 447 actively practicing otolaryngologists (195 [54.5%] male; mean [SD] age, 47.77 [13.57] years; range, 26-84 years). Twenty-three were positive for IgM and/or IgG (6.4%). This result was significantly associated with reports of infected household contacts (19/315 negatives and 8/23 positives; p⯠|
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