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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2024

Pilot study in Hamburg on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections and pandemic survey in the German funeral industry.

Julia Schädler, Marc Lütgehetmann, Ann Sophie Schröder, Carolin Edler, Klaus Püschel, Benjamin Ondruschka, Antonia Fitzek

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julia SchädlerInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Marc LütgehetmannInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Virology, and Hygiene, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Ann Sophie SchröderInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Carolin EdlerInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Klaus PüschelInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Benjamin OndruschkaInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Antonia FitzekInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. a.fitzek@uke.de.
Universität Hamburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

Funding

BMBF 01KX2121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Funeral home and crematorium workers are an important occupational group in the corona crisis. The occupational setting led to concerns about an increased risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2. The seroprevalence in this occupational group is unclear. A questionnaire-based retrospective survey of funeral home and crematorium staff was conducted in December 2020. A second survey of funeral and crematorium staff was conducted 6 months later, in June 2021, to determine changes in pandemic management. Seroprevalence or vaccination status for SARS-CoV-2 was determined at these two time points. In December 2020, a seroprevalence of 2.3% (n = 1/44) was detected in funeral home and crematorium workers. In June 2021, one additional participant tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid. Of the participants, 48.5% (n = 16) were vaccinated at this time. The risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection for funeral home and crematorium workers is more similar to that of the general population in Hamburg, Germany. We found no evidence of an increased risk of infection at these two time points in our cohort. Further education on communicable diseases or appropriate protective measures in this occupational group for other infectious diseases would be useful in the future.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdultCOVID-19 VaccinesCremationFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortuary PracticeOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposurePilot ProjectsPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19Funeral and crematory workersOccupational health and safetySARS-CoV-2SeroprevalenceVaccination

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PMID37354275
PMCPMC11297150
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