High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among symptomatic healthcare workers in a large university tertiary hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.
Carolina Palamin BuonafineBeatriz Nobre Monteiro PaiattoFabyano Bruno LealSamantha Faria de MatosCamila Ohomoto de MoraisGiovanna Guazzelli GuerraMarcus Vinicius Vidal MartuchelliDanielle Bruna Leal OliveiraEdison Luiz DurigonCamila Pereira SoaresErika Donizette CandidoBruna Larotonda TelezynskiMarco Aurélio Palazzi SafádiFlávia Jacqueline AlmeidaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
The findings of this study confirmed the high burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers in the hardest hit city by the pandemic in Latin America. Anosmia and ocular pain were symptoms independently associated with COVID-19 diagnosis. In low and middle-income countries, where limited availability of tests is frequent, these findings may contribute to optimize a targeted symptom-oriented screening strategy.