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. 2016 Oct;60(8):1009-19.
doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mew044. Epub 2016 Jul 18.

Effect of Occupational Exposure on A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection and Hospitalization

Jesús Pujol  1 , Pere Godoy  2 , Núria Soldevila  3 , Jesús Castilla  4 , Fernando González-Candelas  5 , Jose M Mayoral  6 , Jenaro Astray  7 , Susana García  8 , Vicente Martín  9 , Sonia Tamames  10 , Miguel Delgado  11 , Ángela Domínguez García  12 ; CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group
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Effect of Occupational Exposure on A(H1N1)pdm09 Infection and Hospitalization

Jesús Pujol et al. Ann Occup Hyg. 2016 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze relationships between occupational exposure and influenza infection and hospitalization during the 2009-2010 pandemic wave and the 2010-2011 influenza seasonal epidemic in Spain.

Methods: Occupations were classified as high, medium, or low risk of influenza exposure. To assess the risk of infection, 588 outpatient cases of influenza confirmed by reverse-transcription polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) were compared with 588 outpatients without influenza symptoms. To assess the risk of hospitalization, 337 outpatient influenza cases were compared with 337 inpatient influenza cases.

Results: The high risk of occupational exposure group was composed only of health care workers. After adjustment for age, sex, vaccination status, and predictive variables of influenza infection, patients with a high risk of occupational exposure had an aOR of 2.14 (95%CI: 1.25-3.66) of being an outpatient influenza case and an aOR of 0.43 (95%CI: 0.20-0.95) of being an inpatient influenza case, compared with those with a low risk.

Conclusions: A high risk of occupational exposure is a risk factor for influenza infection but not for hospitalization.

Keywords: A(H1N1)pdm09; health care worker and influenza; occupation; occupational exposure; risk of hospitalization; risk of infection..

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