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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• 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

Titel

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in South Africa: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2021-11, Vol.73 (10), p.1896-1900

Ort / Verlag

US: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract 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.