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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2023

Combined Infection Control Interventions Protect Essential Food Workers from Occupational Exposures to SARS-CoV-2 in the Agricultural Environment.

D Kane Cooper, Julia S Sobolik, Jovana Kovacevic, Channah M Rock, Elizabeth T Sajewski, Jodie L Guest, Ben A Lopman, Lee-Ann Jaykus, Juan S Leon

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9 authors.

D Kane CooperRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7781-4550
Julia S SobolikRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4759-8690
Jovana KovacevicFood Innovation Center, Oregon State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1254-4294
Channah M RockDepartment of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5980-9600
Elizabeth T SajewskiRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6208-4073
Jodie L GuestRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3650-3975
Ben A LopmanRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9238-0068
Lee-Ann JaykusFood, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Juan S LeonRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3893-8347

Funding

Graduate and Postdoctoral Training in ToxicologyT32ES012870 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Carmen Joseph Marsit · 2004 to 2026
$9.1M
Preparing for the SARS-CoV2 vaccine: Modeling of transmission pathways, viral evolution and vaccination strategiesR01GM124280 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LOPMAN, BENJAMIN A · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
Infectious Diseases Across Scales Training ProgramT32AI138952 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Jacobus de Roode · 2019 to 2026
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI138952NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES012870NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential food workers experience elevated risks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection due to prolonged occupational exposures in food production and processing areas, shared transportation (car or bus), and employer-provided shared housing. Our goal was to quantify the daily cumulative risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection for healthy susceptible produce workers and to evaluate the relative reduction in risk attributable to food industry interventions and vaccination. We simulated daily SARS-CoV-2 exposures of indoor and outdoor produce workers through six linked quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model scenarios. For each scenario, the infectious viral dose emitted by a symptomatic worker was calculated across aerosol, droplet, and fomite-mediated transmission pathways. Standard industry interventions (2-m physical distancing, handwashing, surface disinfection, universal masking, ventilation) were simulated to assess relative risk reductions from baseline risk (no interventions, 1-m distance). Implementation of industry interventions reduced an indoor worker's relative infection risk by 98.0% (0.020; 95% uncertainty interval [UI], 0.005 to 0.104) from baseline risk (1.00; 95% UI, 0.995 to 1.00) and an outdoor worker's relative infection risk by 94.5% (0.027; 95% UI, 0.013 to 0.055) from baseline risk (0.487; 95% UI, 0.257 to 0.825). Integrating these interventions with two-dose mRNA vaccinations (86 to 99% efficacy), representing a worker's protective immunity to infection, reduced the relative infection risk from baseline for indoor workers by 99.9% (0.001; 95% UI, 0.0002 to 0.005) and outdoor workers by 99.6% (0.002; 95% UI, 0.0003 to 0.005). Consistent implementation of combined industry interventions, paired with vaccination, effectively mitigates the elevated risks from occupationally acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection faced by produce workers.

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COVID-19Occupational ExposureHumansInfection ControlRespiratory Aerosols and DropletsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)produce industry workerquantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA)vaccinations

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PMID37310232
PMCPMC10370312

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