SARS-CoV-2 testing, infection and places of contamination in France, a national cross-sectional study, December 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to describe the use of diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 in France until December 2021, the characteristics of people infected, and places of contamination.

Methods

Data were collected from the national 2021 Health Barometer cross-sectional study, which was conducted between February and December 2021 and included French-speaking individuals aged 18-85 years old selected through randomly generated landline and mobile phone numbers. Participants were interviewed about COVID-19-like symptoms in the previous 12 months, diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, positive diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2, and the place(s) of contamination. Determinants of diagnostic testing and of infection were studied using univariate and multivariate Poisson regressions.

Results

SUBMITTER: Vaux S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155649 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature