SynthesisEmerging infectious diseases2019
Case Investigations of Infectious Diseases Occurring in Workplaces, United States, 2006-2015.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Pooled it
- "We Were on Our Own": Animal Slaughtering and Processing Industry Workers' Perspectives on Workplace Health and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic in North Carolina.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2026Article
- Identifying Early Signals From Emerging Public Health Events Using Natural Language Processing.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic Inequities in the Age-Specific Burden of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Canada, 2016-2019.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Analysis of Mpox by Occupation and Industry in Seven U.S. Jurisdictions, May 2022-March 2023.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- System dynamics simulation of occupational health and safety management causal model based on NetLogo.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Resistance patterns of bacterial pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections: Aleppo-Syria.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Work: A Social Determinant of Health Worth Capturing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Local health department engagement with workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic-Examining barriers of and facilitators to outbreak investigation and mitigation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Characteristics Associated With a Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis, Vaccine Uptake, and Intention to Be Vaccinated Among Essential Workers in the US Household Pulse Survey.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Trends in Occupational Infectious Diseases in South Korea and Classification of Industries According to the Risk of Biological Hazards Using K-Means Clustering.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Characterizing observable COVID-19 controls in Pacific Northwest grocery stores.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2022Observational
- Welder's Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Occupational Histoplasmosis: Epidemiology and Prevention Measures.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Occupations at risk of contracting zoonoses of public health significance in Québec.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
- Effect of Occupational Health and Safety Training for Chinese Construction Workers Based on the CHAID Decision Tree.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Occupational Respiratory Infections.Clinics in chest medicine · 2020Review
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2020Article
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Abstract
Workers in specific settings and activities are at increased risk for certain infectious diseases. When an infectious disease case occurs in a worker, investigators need to understand the mechanisms of disease propagation in the workplace. Few publications have explored these factors in the United States; a literature search yielded 66 investigations of infectious disease occurring in US workplaces during 2006-2015. Reported cases appear to be concentrated in specific industries and occupations, especially the healthcare industry, laboratory workers, animal workers, and public service workers. A hierarchy-of-controls approach can help determine how to implement effective preventive measures in workplaces. Consideration of occupational risk factors and control of occupational exposures will help prevent disease transmission in the workplace and protect workers' health.
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