SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in South Africa: a longitudinal cohort study

Autor:	Nunes, Marta C, Baillie, Vicky L, Kwatra, Gaurav, Bhikha, Sutika, Verwey, Charl, Menezes, Colin, Cutland, Clare L, Moore, David P, Dangor, Ziyaad, Adam, Yasmin, Mathivha, Rudo, Velaphi, Sithembiso C, Tsitsi, Merika, Aguas, Ricardo, Madhi, Shabir A
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	SARS-CoV-2 healthcare workers health care facilities manpower and services Brief Report Health Personnel education virus diseases COVID-19 humanities Cohort Studies South Africa AcademicSubjects/MED00290 hospital staff Africa Humans Longitudinal Studies
Zdroj:	Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN:	1537-6591 1058-4838
Popis:	From April to September 2020, we investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in a cohort of 396 healthcare workers (HCWs) from 5 departments at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, South Africa. Overall, 34.6% of HCWs had polymerase chain reaction-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (132.1 [95% confidence interval, 111.8-156.2] infections per 1000 person-months); an additional 27 infections were identified by serology. HCWs in the internal medicine department had the highest rate of infection (61.7%). Among polymerase chain reaction-confirmed cases, 10.4% remained asymptomatic, 30.4% were presymptomatic, and 59.3% were symptomatic.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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