Risk Factors for Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant among Previously Infected Frontline Workers

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Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
[저자] Katherine D. Ellingson, James Hollister, Cynthia J. Porter, Sana M. Khan, Leora R. Feldstein, Allison L. Naleway, Manjusha Gaglani, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Harmony L. Tyner, Ashley A. Lowe, Lauren E.W. Olsho, Jennifer Meece, Sarang K. Yoon, Josephine Mak, Jennifer L. Kuntz, Natasha Schaefer Solle, Karley Respet, Zoe Baccam, Meredith G. Wesley, Matthew S. Thiese, Young M. Yoo, Marilyn J. Odean, Flavia N. Miiro, Steve L. Pickett, Andrew L. Phillips, Lauren Grant, James K. Romine, Meghan K. Herring, Kurt T. Hegmann, Julie Mayo Lamberte, Brian Sokol, Krystal S. Jovel, Mark G. Thompson, Patrick Rivers, Tamara Pilishvili, Karen Lutrick, Jefferey L. Burgess, Claire M. Midgley, Ashley L. Fowlkes
[Category] update2024,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    DOI URL    [DOI] 10.3201/eid2903.221314    
[Article Type] article
[Source] pmc

In a cohort of essential workers in the United States previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, risk factors for reinfection included being unvaccinated, infrequent mask use, time since first infection, and being non-Hispanic Black. Protecting workers from reinfection requires a multipronged approach including up-to-date vaccination, mask use as recommended, and reduction in underlying health disparities.

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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, viruses, zoonoses, SARS-CoV-2, Coronaviruses, Risk factors, mRNA vaccines, Reinfection, respiratory infection, Omicron variant, United States, vaccine effectiveness, frontline workers,