ArticleBMC research notes2014
Respiratory viruses within homeless shelters in Marseille, France.
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Stepped-wedge Design Study of Point-of-care Molecular Testing for Influenza and Treatment With Baloxavir for Prevention of Secondary Transmission of Influenza in Homeless Shelters in Seattle, WA
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Four COVID-19 screening strategies for early case identification within the homeless shelter population: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Trial
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 in Homeless People from Urban Shelters: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2023).Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Retraction: Evidence That Head and Body Lice on Homeless Persons Have the Same Genotype.PloS one · 2024Article
- Care-seeking correlates of acute respiratory illness among sheltered adults experiencing homelessness in Seattle, WA, 2019: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of the Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Persons Experiencing Homelessness in North America and Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Risk factors for some tropical diseases in an African country.BMC public health · 2021Observational
- Epidemiological Investigations of Infectious Diseases among Mobile Populations at the University Hospital Institute Mediterranean Infection in Marseille, France.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2021Review
- Screening of SARS-CoV-2 among homeless people, asylum-seekers and other people living in precarious conditions in Marseille, France, March-April 2020.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Article
- Duration of exposure and educational level as predictors of occupational respiratory symptoms among adults in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.SAGE open medicine · 2021Review
- Comparative efficacy of respiratory personal protective equipment against viral respiratory infectious diseases in healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis.Public health · 2021Review
- Article
- Epidemiology of respiratory pathogen carriage in the homeless population within two shelters in Marseille, France, 2015-2017: cross sectional 1-day surveys.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2019Article
- Mobile populations across the Mediterranean Sea and beyond: travel medicine, mass gathering medicine and homeless health.New microbes and new infections · 2018Review
- Respiratory viruses and influenza-like illness: Epidemiology and outcomes in children aged 6 months to 10 years in a multi-country population sample.The Journal of infection · 2017Article
- Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary histories of human coronavirus OC43 and HKU1 among patients with upper respiratory tract infections in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Virology journal · 2016Article
- Study of Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Function among Neem Oil Industry Workers.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
- Frequency of viral etiology in symptomatic adult upper respiratory tract infections.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHomeless shelters are identified as places where humans are at high risk of acquiring respiratory disease. We previously reported the prevalence of the main respiratory diseases affecting a population of homeless in Marseille, France. Here, we investigated the prevalence of 10 respiratory viruses in a similar homeless population during 2 successive winter seasons.
findingsFollowing a clinical examination, we collected nasal specimens from which the RT-PCR detection of 10 respiratory viruses was performed through snapshot investigations. Among the 265 patients included, 150 (56.6%) reported at least one respiratory symptom of which 13 (8.7%) had positive swabs for at least one respiratory virus, and 115 patients reported any respiratory symptom of which 10 (8.7%) had positive swabs for respiratory virus. Overall, 23 patients had positive swabs for at least one respiratory virus. Human rhinovirus (HRV) was the predominant virus (13 isolates) followed by enteroviruses (3), human metapneumovirus (2), human coronavirus OC43 (2), 229E virus (2) and human respiratory syncytial virus subtype B (1). Among the patients infected with HRV, 10 were collected during the same snapshot.
conclusionsAlthough one half of the patients reported respiratory symptoms, the prevalence of respiratory viruses was within the range of that previously described in adult asymptomatic patients outside the homeless community. Most HRV-positive swabs were collected during the same snapshot suggesting a local outbreak. No influenza viruses were found despite the fact that one half of the patients were investigated during the peak of the seasonal influenza epidemic in Marseille.
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