Colmenares-Mejía, C.C.; Serrano-Díaz, N.; Quintero-Lesmes, D.C.; Meneses, L.; Salazar Acosta, I.; Idrovo, Á.J.; Sanabria-Echeverry, D.Y.; Cordero-Rebolledo, H.; Castillo, V. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Occupational Groups from the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18, 4172.
Colmenares-Mejía, C.C.; Serrano-Díaz, N.; Quintero-Lesmes, D.C.; Meneses, L.; Salazar Acosta, I.; Idrovo, Á.J.; Sanabria-Echeverry, D.Y.; Cordero-Rebolledo, H.; Castillo, V. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Occupational Groups from the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4172.
Colmenares-Mejía, C.C.; Serrano-Díaz, N.; Quintero-Lesmes, D.C.; Meneses, L.; Salazar Acosta, I.; Idrovo, Á.J.; Sanabria-Echeverry, D.Y.; Cordero-Rebolledo, H.; Castillo, V. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Occupational Groups from the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2021, 18, 4172.
Colmenares-Mejía, C.C.; Serrano-Díaz, N.; Quintero-Lesmes, D.C.; Meneses, L.; Salazar Acosta, I.; Idrovo, Á.J.; Sanabria-Echeverry, D.Y.; Cordero-Rebolledo, H.; Castillo, V. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Occupational Groups from the Bucaramanga Metropolitan Area, Colombia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4172.
Abstract
The negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic has reach world economy due to absence from work for SARS-CoV-2 infection in workers, among other things. However, some economic areas are essential to society and people must continue working outside home, to support economic reactivation; their serological profile could be different from global population. Cross-sectional study. Workers from health, construction, public transportation, public force, bike delivery messengers, independent or informal commerce areas, and residents of Bucaramanga or its metropolitan area were invited to participate. All participants self-completed a virtual survey and a blood test was taken to assess IgG and IgM with ARC COV2 test. Seroprevalence was estimated considering a complex survey design, correcting for finite population effect and adjusting for test performance. 7.045 workers were enrolled; 59.9% were women, most were residents of Bucaramanga and working in health occupations. Global adjusted seroprevalence was 19.5% (IC95% 18.6 - 20.4), being higher for Girón [27.9% (CI95% 24.5 - 31.30]). Workers with multiple contact with people during working hours or using public transportation to go to work had higher frequency of seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2. Seroprevalence among workers living in these four municipalities from the Colombian northeast area is still low.
Keywords
Seroepidemiologic Studies; Prevalence; Coronavirus Infections; Occupational Exposure; Occupational Health
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy
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