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. 2022 Feb 25:55:e0265.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0265-2021. eCollection 2022.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection among healthcare workers in a tertiary public hospital in Curitiba, Brazil

Regiane Nogueira Spalanzani  1   2 , Gustavo Genelhoud  1   3 , Sonia Mara Raboni  1   4 , Sergio Monteiro de Almeida  1 , Luciane Aparecida Pereira  1 , Indianara Rotta  1 , Barbara Maria Cavalli  1 , Francielli Brusco Moreira  1 , Carolina Lumi Tanaka Dino  1   5 , Gislene Reche de Almeida Takahashi  1 , Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli  1 , Beatriz Sanada Spiri  1   2 , Lucas Bochnia-Bueno  1   6 , Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira  3 , Douglas Adamoski  3 , Daniela Fiori Gradia  3 , Ana Cláudia Bonatto  3 , Roseli Wassem  3 , Juliana Mazini Alves  7 , Raquel da Silva Padilha  7 , Vitor Jorge Woytuski Brasil  7 , Bernardo Montesanti Machado de Almeida  8 , Meri Bordignon Nogueira  1   5
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection among healthcare workers in a tertiary public hospital in Curitiba, Brazil

Regiane Nogueira Spalanzani et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .

Abstract

Background: We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Curitiba, Brazil.

Methods: Upper respiratory samples from 1077 HCWs were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction from June 16, 2020 to December 9, 2020.

Results: Overall, 32.7% of HCWs were infected. The positivity rates in symptomatic and asymptomatic HCWs were 39.2% and 15.9%, respectively. Hospital departments categorized as high-risk for exposure had the highest number of infected HCWs.

Conclusions: Early diagnosis and isolation of infected HCWs remain key in controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission because HCWs in close contact with COVID-19 patients are more likely to be infected than those who are not.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: All authors declare no conflict of interests.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Absolute (A) and relative (B) number of positive cases in each month according to the presumed level of exposure of 1077 HCWs tested for SARS-CoV-2 in Curitiba, Brazil, from June 16, 2020 to December 9, 2020.
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