SARS-CoV-2 screening among healthcare workers in a local Health Department of North-Western Italy

Between October 2020 and December 2020, 1,466 healthcare workers were screened for the presence of Sars-Cov-2 infection in a Local Health Department of the Piedmont region, North-Western Italy, using a Real-Time RT PCR based technique. Mean age was 46.1 ± 11.3 years and female were 77%. We found 234 positive cases (16%): mean age was 45.9 ± 11.1 years and 73% were female. The most common symptoms were cough, hyposmia and ageusia. Asymptomatic subjects were 57%. Our data further underline the importance of an active COVID-19 screening in the healthcare workers population regardless of symptoms or of a clear infection exposure..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Microbiologia Medica - 36(2022), 3

Sprache:

Englisch ; Italienisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Claudia Cagnoli [VerfasserIn]
Maria Natalia Contarini [VerfasserIn]
Guglielmo Bellistri [VerfasserIn]
Marco Cupo [VerfasserIn]
Ginevra Predebon [VerfasserIn]
Marco Giordanino [VerfasserIn]
Francesca Vezzaro [VerfasserIn]
Galina Marincheva [VerfasserIn]
Adele Roletto [VerfasserIn]
Adriana Belforte [VerfasserIn]
Rosetta Panato [VerfasserIn]
Sandra Stefania Cambursano [VerfasserIn]
Francesco Russo [VerfasserIn]
Flavia Perrone [VerfasserIn]
Ivan Tomasella [VerfasserIn]
Erika Manna [VerfasserIn]
Cinzia Allasia [VerfasserIn]
Alessandra Allocco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Covid-19
Epidemiology
Healthcare workers
Italy
Microbiology
Sars-CoV-2
Screening

doi:

10.4081/mm.2021.9889

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ010927247