biostudies-literatureUnknown10Smith-Jeffcoat SEWe aimed to describe frequency of COVID-19 exposure risk factors among patients presenting for medical care at an urban, public hospital serving mostly uninsured/Medicare/Medicaid clients and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Consenting, adult patients seeking care at a public hospital from August to November 2020 were enrolled in this cross-sectional investigation. Saliva, anterior nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected and tested for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR. Participant demographics, close contact, and activities ≤14 days prior to enrollment were collected through interview. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors associated with testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Among 1,078 participants, 51.8% were male, 57.0% were aged ≥50 years, 81.3% were non-HispFrontiers in public health809356https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9004481biostudies-literatureRisk-Factors for Exposure Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Detection After Recent Known or Potential COVID-19 Exposures Among Patients Seeking Medical Care at a Large Urban, Public Hospital in Fulton County, Georgia - A Cross-Sectional Investigation.PMC9004481Koh MAdeyemo AODeutsch-Feldman MGargis ASBankamp BKasinathan VShragai TSami STiwari TSPda Silva JBritton ARebolledo PALawson MJBiedron CKhalil GMPaulick ACohen MTao HCDC COVID-19 Emergency Response GA-10 FieldRossetti RWang YFO'Hegarty MEspinosa CCHoffman AFolster JMJoseph KFonseka JSleweon SCallahan CTSchechter MCBowen MDKamal NO'Laughlin KStewart RJMoorman ACAgyemang EKirking HLMiller HKSmith-Jeffcoat SETate JEBauman BLfalseRisk-Factors for Exposure Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Detection After Recent Known or Potential COVID-19 Exposures Among Patients Seeking Medical Care at a Large Urban, Public Hospital in Fulton County, Georgia - A Cross-Sectional Investigation.We aimed to describe frequency of COVID-19 exposure risk factors among patients presenting for medical care at an urban, public hospital serving mostly uninsured/Medicare/Medicaid clients and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Consenting, adult patients seeking care at a public hospital from August to November 2020 were enrolled in this cross-sectional investigation. Saliva, anterior nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs were collected and tested for SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR. Participant demographics, close contact, and activities ≤14 days prior to enrollment were collected through interview. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors associated with testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Among 1,078 participants, 51.8% were male, 57.0% were aged ≥50 years, 81.3% were non-Hisp2022-01-01T00:00:00Z20222025-04-21T17:34:38.517Z2025-04-05T16:40:43.503ZS-EPMC90044813542574810.3389/fpubh.2022.809356