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Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Occupational Exposure in the Lombardy Region (Italy) to SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results from the MUSTANG-OCCUPATION-COVID-19 Study.

Paola Della Valle, Marco Fabbri, Fabiana Madotto, Pietro Ferrara, Paolo Cozzolino, Elisabetta Calabretto, Marco Italo D'Orso, Ermanno Longhi, Riccardo Polosa, Michele Augusto Riva and 4 more

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Observational study in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. SARS-CoV-2 infection risk by non-healthcare occupations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2025
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  16. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in a Large Cohort of Italian Police Officers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Paola Della ValleCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Marco FabbriCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Fabiana MadottoIRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
Pietro FerraraCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0349-3221
Paolo CozzolinoIRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6178-8581
Elisabetta CalabrettoIRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
Marco Italo D'OrsoConsortium for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Ermanno LonghiIRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
Riccardo PolosaCenter of Excellence for the Acceleration of HArm Reduction (CoEHAR), University of Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8450-5721
Michele Augusto RivaCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Giampiero MazzagliaCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
Carmen SommeseIRCCS MultiMedica, 20099 Sesto San Giovanni, Italy.
Lorenzo Giovanni MantovaniCenter for Public Health Research, University of Milan Bicocca, 20900 Monza, Italy.
The Mustang-Occupation-Covid-Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sero-epidemiological surveys are valuable attempts to estimate the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in general or selected populations. Within this context, a prospective observational study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in different categories of workers and factors associated with positivity, through the detection of virus-specific immunoglobulin G and M (IgG/IgM) in serum samples. Enrollees were divided in low exposure and medium-high groups on the basis of their work activity. Antibody responders were re-contacted after 3 months for the follow-up. Of 2255 sampled workers, 4.8% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM antibodies, with 81.7% to IgG only. Workers who continued to go to their place of work, were healthcare workers, or experienced at least one COVID-19-related symptom were more likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. SARS-CoV-2 antibodies prevalence was significantly higher in the medium-high risk vs. low-risk group (7.2% vs. 3.0%,

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COVID-19Occupational ExposureAntibodies, ViralHumansItalyOccupationsSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, Viralantibody persistenceCOVID-19occupational exposureSARS-CoV-2seroprevalence

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PMCPMC7967539

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