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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2023

Profile of COVID-19 breakthrough cases and its comparison with unvaccinated COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre in North Kerala.

R S Rajasi, Priya Chandran, C P Sivakumar, Biju George, D Amrutha, Milu Elizabeth, Ardra M George

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2023. 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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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

R S RajasiDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Priya ChandranDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
C P SivakumarDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Biju GeorgeDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
D AmruthaDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Milu ElizabethDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Ardra M GeorgeDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) were the most vulnerable group during COVID-19 pandemic and had faced many challenges including high rate of breakthrough infections. Aims: To study the incidence of reported breakthrough infections among HCWs in Government Medical College, Kozhikode and to compare profile of COVID-19 infection between fully vaccinated and unvaccinated COVID-19 positive HCWs. Settings and Design: The research was conducted as a prospective study for a duration of 78 weeks from 1 Methods and Material: The study was conducted among HCWs in a COVID-19 tertiary care institute. Real-time data were collected from 401 breakthrough cases and 390 unvaccinated COVID-19 positive HCWs through telephonic interviews. Statistical Analysis Used: Univariate analysis was done using frequency for categorical variables and mean and standard deviation for quantitative variables. Chi-square test was used to find out statistical significance. Results: Incidence of breakthrough infection was found to be 5.62% with 43.3% being asymptomatic. Fever was the most predominant symptom (62.5%). None of the breakthrough cases developed complication requiring intensive care (ICU). There was a reduction in incidence of acute post-COVID-19 syndrome in vaccinated group (17.45%) compared to unvaccinated group (57.2%). Conclusions: COVID-19 vaccination plays a key role in preventing severity, complication, and ICU admissions in COVID-19 infection. Incidence of post-COVID-19 syndrome is also less among fully vaccinated compared to unvaccinated individuals.

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Breakthrough casesCOVID 19 vaccinationhealthcare workerspost COVID 19 syndrome

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PMID37636199
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