SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a serious public health problem worldwide. In general, healthcare workers are considered to be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Japan is not well characterized. In this study, we aimed...

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Autores principales: Yoshihara, Tatsuya, Ito, Kazuya, Zaitsu, Masayoshi, Chung, Eunhee, Aoyagi, Izumi, Kaji, Yoshikazu, Tsuru, Tomomi, Yonemura, Takuma, Yamaguchi, Koji, Nakayama, Shinichi, Tanaka, Yosuke, Yurino, Nobuo, Koyanagi, Hideki, Matsuki, Shunji, Urae, Ryuji, Irie, Shin
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073786
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author Yoshihara, Tatsuya
Ito, Kazuya
Zaitsu, Masayoshi
Chung, Eunhee
Aoyagi, Izumi
Kaji, Yoshikazu
Tsuru, Tomomi
Yonemura, Takuma
Yamaguchi, Koji
Nakayama, Shinichi
Tanaka, Yosuke
Yurino, Nobuo
Koyanagi, Hideki
Matsuki, Shunji
Urae, Ryuji
Irie, Shin
author_facet Yoshihara, Tatsuya
Ito, Kazuya
Zaitsu, Masayoshi
Chung, Eunhee
Aoyagi, Izumi
Kaji, Yoshikazu
Tsuru, Tomomi
Yonemura, Takuma
Yamaguchi, Koji
Nakayama, Shinichi
Tanaka, Yosuke
Yurino, Nobuo
Koyanagi, Hideki
Matsuki, Shunji
Urae, Ryuji
Irie, Shin
author_sort Yoshihara, Tatsuya
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a serious public health problem worldwide. In general, healthcare workers are considered to be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Japan is not well characterized. In this study, we aimed to examine the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies among 2160 healthcare workers in hospitals and clinics that are not designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Japan. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G was 1.2% in August and October 2020 (during and after the second wave of the pandemic in Japan), which is relatively higher than that in the general population in Japan (0.03–0.91%). Because of the higher risk of COVID-19 infection, healthcare workers should be the top priority for further social support and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.
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spelling pubmed-80385562021-04-12 SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan Yoshihara, Tatsuya Ito, Kazuya Zaitsu, Masayoshi Chung, Eunhee Aoyagi, Izumi Kaji, Yoshikazu Tsuru, Tomomi Yonemura, Takuma Yamaguchi, Koji Nakayama, Shinichi Tanaka, Yosuke Yurino, Nobuo Koyanagi, Hideki Matsuki, Shunji Urae, Ryuji Irie, Shin Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a serious public health problem worldwide. In general, healthcare workers are considered to be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. However, the prevalence of COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Japan is not well characterized. In this study, we aimed to examine the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies among 2160 healthcare workers in hospitals and clinics that are not designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Japan. The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G was 1.2% in August and October 2020 (during and after the second wave of the pandemic in Japan), which is relatively higher than that in the general population in Japan (0.03–0.91%). Because of the higher risk of COVID-19 infection, healthcare workers should be the top priority for further social support and vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. MDPI 2021-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8038556/ /pubmed/33916399 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073786 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Communication
Yoshihara, Tatsuya
Ito, Kazuya
Zaitsu, Masayoshi
Chung, Eunhee
Aoyagi, Izumi
Kaji, Yoshikazu
Tsuru, Tomomi
Yonemura, Takuma
Yamaguchi, Koji
Nakayama, Shinichi
Tanaka, Yosuke
Yurino, Nobuo
Koyanagi, Hideki
Matsuki, Shunji
Urae, Ryuji
Irie, Shin
SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title_full SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title_short SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Healthcare Workers in General Hospitals and Clinics in Japan
title_sort sars-cov-2 seroprevalence among healthcare workers in general hospitals and clinics in japan
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33916399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073786
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