One year of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: comparison of infection between health care workers and general population before and after vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Covid-19 pandemic in Italy has been characterized by three waves of infection during 2020. Vaccination of healthcare workers started in January 2021, earlier than that of other population groups. The main aim of this study is to compare the spread of the pandemic between HCW and the general population focusing on potential effects of the vaccination.

Methods

The study consisted of a retrospective analysis of results of RT-PCR tests performed between 6 March 2020 and 4 April 2021 among HCWs from Bologna, Italy, and those of the general population of Emilia Romagna region. We calculated the crude proportion of positive RT-PCR tests over total tests and the crude prevalence of positive test in population; then, we conducted joinpoint analyses using the Joinpoint

SUBMITTER: Visci G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature