ArticleLa Medicina del lavoro2022
COVID-19 incidence in a cohort of public transport workers.
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- Occupation and SARS-CoV-2 in Europe: a review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
- COVID-19: incidence and mortality in Sweden comparing all foreign-born to all Swedish-born individuals in different occupations in an unvaccinated cohort of year 2020.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
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- Occupational risks associated with severe COVID-19 disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection - a Swedish national case-control study conducted from October 2020 to December 2021.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Incidence and Vaccine Effectiveness in University Staff, 1 March 2020-2 April 2022.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Carbon Dioxide Monitoring Demonstrates Variations in the Quality of Ventilation on Public Transportation Buses and University Student Shuttle Vans and Identifies Effective Interventions.Pathogens & immunity · 2023Article
- Healthy Bus Drivers, Sustainable Public Transport: A Three-Time Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in Switzerland.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among public transport workers in Sweden.Journal of transport & health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research has shown an excess risk of COVID-19 among several occupations, but data on public transport workers are scarce. To investigate the occupational risk posed by contact with the public, we followed up the incidence of COVID-19 in a cohort of public transport workers.
methodsWe identified the incident cases of COVID-19 between 1 September 2020 - 6 May 2021 in a cohort of 2,052 employees of a public transport agency in Sardinia, Italy. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was based on a positive molecular test. To calculate the expected events, we applied the age- and gender-specific incidence rates of the regional population in the same time period to the correspondent strata of the study cohort. We estimated the relative risk (RR) of COVID-19 as the ratio between the observed and the expected events and its 95% confidence interval (95% C.I.) among the total cohort and in two sub-cohorts: bus drivers, and the rest of the personnel (administrative staff, train and metro drivers, workers in the mechanical shop, and in the railroad maintenance, and security).
resultsBus drivers run an elevated risk of COVID-19 (RR = 1.4, 95% C.I. 1.07 - 1.79). There was no excess risk among the sub-cohort including the rest of the personnel.
conclusionsOur study suggests an excess risk of COVID-19 among bus drivers even in a relatively low incidence area, which could imply inadequacy of the preventive measures in place. Further, larger size studies with detailed information on personal and lifestyle characteristics are warranted.
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