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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Essential Workers in a Community-Based Cohort in the United States.

Chih-Fu Wei, Fan-Yun Lan, Yu-Tien Hsu, Nina Lowery, Lauren Dibona, Ream Akkeh, Stefanos N Kales, Justin Yang

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chih-Fu WeiDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Fan-Yun LanDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Yu-Tien HsuDepartment of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Nina LoweryManet Community Health Center, Quincy, MA, United States.
Lauren DibonaManet Community Health Center, Quincy, MA, United States.
Ream AkkehManet Community Health Center, Quincy, MA, United States.
Stefanos N KalesDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Justin YangDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Community Health Center · USHarvard University · USBoston University · USNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this paper is to identify the risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection that are related to occupation type as well as workplace conditions. Identifying such risk factors could have noteworthy implications in workplace safety enhancement and emergency preparedness planning for essential workers. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of visits at a community-based SARS-CoV-2 testing site in the greater Boston area between March 18 Results: Among the 780 individuals included in the final analysis, working in healthcare-related jobs was associated with a four-fold increase in risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Adjusted OR: 4.00, 95% CI: 1.45-11.02). Individuals with customer-facing jobs had a two times risk increase (Adjusted OR: 1.97, 95% CI: 1.12-3.45) in having a positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay result compared to participants with non-customer facing positions. Conclusions: In this U.S. community-based population during the initial wave of the pandemic, a significant increase in risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in those employed in the healthcare sector or with customer-facing positions. Further research is warranted to determine if these correlations continued with the buildup of population immunity together with the attenuation of SARS-CoV-2 virulence.

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COVID-19COVID-19 TestingHumansPandemicsRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2United Statescommunicable diseasesCOVID-19healthcare workersoccupational healthPublic Health Surveillance

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PMID35677773
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