Journal article
Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study
- Abstract:
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We conducted voluntary Covid-19 testing programmes for symptomatic and asymptomatic staff at a UK teaching hospital using naso-/oro-pharyngeal PCR testing and immunoassays for IgG antibodies. 1128/10,034 (11.2%) staff had evidence of Covid-19 at some time. Using questionnaire data provided on potential risk-factors, staff with a confirmed household contact were at greatest risk (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.82 [95%CI 3.45-6.72]). Higher rates of Covid-19 were seen in staff working in Covid-19-...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Wellcome Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- eLife Sciences Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- eLife Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Article number:
- e60675
- Pages:
- 1-37
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2020-08-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-08-18
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2050-084X
- Pmid:
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32820721
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1127785
- Local pid:
- pubs:1127785
- Deposit date:
- 2020-09-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Eyre et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- ©2020, Eyre et al.
- Notes:
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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