Clinical and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Plantation Workers : Preliminary Results from the Guatemala Agricultural Workers and Respiratory Illness Impact (AGRI) Study

We evaluated the clinical and socioeconomic burdens of respiratory disease in a cohort of Guatemalan banana plantation workers. All eligible workers were offered enrollment from June 15-December 30, 2020, and annually, then followed for influenza-like illnesses (ILI) through: 1) self-reporting to study nurses, 2) sentinel surveillance at health posts, and 3) absenteeism. Workers with ILI submitted nasopharyngeal swabs for influenza, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2 testing, then completed surveys at days 0, 7, and 28. Through October 10, 2021, 1,833 workers developed 169 ILIs (12.0/100 person-years) and 43 (25.4%) of these ILIs were laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (3.1/100 person-years). Workers with SARS-CoV-2-positive ILI reported more anosmia (p<0.01), dysgeusia (p<0.01), difficulty concentrating (p=0.01), and irritability (p=0.01), and greater clinical and well-being severity scores (Flu-iiQ) than test-negative ILIs; they also had greater absenteeism (p<0.01) and lost income (median US$127.1, p<0.01). These results support the prioritization of Guatemalan farm workers for COVID-19 vaccination.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2022) vom: 08. Feb.

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Englisch

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Olson, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Calvimontes, Diva M [VerfasserIn]
Lamb, Molly M [VerfasserIn]
Guzman, Gerber [VerfasserIn]
Barrios, Edgar [VerfasserIn]
Chacon, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Rojop, Neudy [VerfasserIn]
Arias, Kareen [VerfasserIn]
Gomez, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Bolanos, Guillermo Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Monzon, Jose [VerfasserIn]
Chard, Anna N [VerfasserIn]
Iwamoto, Chelsea [VerfasserIn]
Duca, Lindsey M [VerfasserIn]
Vuong, Nga [VerfasserIn]
Fineman, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Lesteberg, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]
Beckham, David [VerfasserIn]
Santiago, Mario L [VerfasserIn]
Quicke, Kendra [VerfasserIn]
Ebel, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez, Emily Zielinski [VerfasserIn]
Azziz-Baumgartner, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Hayden, Frederick G [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Hani [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Newman, Lee S [VerfasserIn]
Asturias, Edwin J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2022.02.07.22270274

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NLM337017964