ReviewCurrent opinion in pulmonary medicine2021
COVID-19: a new burden of respiratory disease among South African miners?
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- Effects of dust exposure on IGF1 and autophagy related to coal workers' pneumoconiosis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Characteristics of covid-19 in miners and former miners with a history of silicosis.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2025Article
- Silico-tuberculosis amidst COVID-19 pandemic: global scenario and Indian perspective.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Review
- Exploration of the potential common pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19 and silicosis by using bioinformatics and system biology.Functional & integrative genomics · 2023Article
- Strengthening Social Compact and Innovative Health Sector Collaborations in Addressing COVID-19 in South African Workplaces.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2023Article
- Modifiable contributing factors to COVID-19: A comprehensive review.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2023Review
- Two in one: Overlapping CT findings of COVID-19 and underlying lung diseases.Clinical imaging · 2023Review
- Current global perspectives on silicosis-Convergence of old and newly emergent hazards.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2022Review
- Predictors of Mortality for Patients with COVID-19 in the Rural Appalachian Region.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
- Contributing factors common to COVID‑19 and gastrointestinal cancer.Oncology reports · 2022Review
- Environmental and health risks posed to children by artisanal gold mining: A systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2022Review
- Common contributing factors to COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease.Toxicology reports · 2021Article
- Access of migrant gold miners to compensation for occupational lung disease: Quantifying a legacy of injustice.Journal of migration and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewMineworkers in South Africa experience a triple burden of disease due to their distinct work experience. Silicosis increases their risk of tuberculosis (TB), exacerbated by the HIV epidemic. Work-related factors are likely to increase transmission, severity, and post infection sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Understanding these relationships is important to control the impact of the epidemic. RECENT
findingsSARS-CoV-2 infection rates among mineworkers exceed the population rates in the provinces in which those mines are located. Migrant work, living in crowded hostels, working in narrow poorly ventilated shafts mainly underground constitute important factors that increase transmission risk. Mineworkers continue to experience high levels of silica exposure. The prevalences of silicosis, HIV and pulmonary TB, remain high. Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary TB, and HIV have all been associated with poorer outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Mineworkers with post infection respiratory sequelae are likely to lose their jobs or lose income, due to the physically demanding nature of underground minework. SUMMARY: Further research into the unique work-related risk factors in mining that influence the COVID-19 epidemic is crucial for optimizing current interventions. Reducing SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission, health monitoring of infected and vulnerable workers, and following up of postinfection outcomes is essential to protect the respiratory health of miners.
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