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ArticleWorld journal of virology2025

Risk of COVID-19 infection among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash, Mathew Varghese Nellimootil, Binila Chacko, Darpanarayan Hazra, Victor Coelho, John Emmanuel Jesudasan, Karthik Gunasekaran, Lovely Thomas, More Atul Ramchandra, Jonathan Melchizedek and 3 more

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Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar AbhilashDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Mathew Varghese NellimootilDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Binila ChackoDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Darpanarayan HazraDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Victor CoelhoDepartment of General Surgery, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
John Emmanuel JesudasanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Karthik GunasekaranDepartment of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Lovely ThomasDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
More Atul RamchandraDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Jonathan MelchizedekDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Henah Meshack GunarajDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
Mahesh MoorthyDepartment of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India.
John Victor PeterDepartment of Medical Intensive Care, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nādu, India. peterjohnvictor@yahoo.com.au.

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Abstract

backgroundIn the initial stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) who were immunologically naive to COVID-19, were exposed to a highly transmissible virus.

aimTo compare infection risk among HCWs in high-risk (HR) and low-risk (LR) areas.

methodsData on reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction confirmed clinical infection and samples for nucleocapsid, and spike protein antibodies were collected at five time-points (T1 to T5) from HCWs in the emergency department and intensive care unit (HR group) and pre-clinical and para-clinical areas (LR). For the sero-study, only participants who provided at least one baseline sample and one during the second wave (T4 or T5) were analysed. Since Covishield

resultsOverall, by T5, clinical infection rate was similar in the HR (120/366, 32.8%) and LR (22/82, 26.8%) groups (

conclusionBefore vaccination, HCWs in HR areas had a higher risk of infection. Seroprevalence studies suggest that sub-clinical infection was not uncommon.

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COVID-19 pandemicHealthcare workersNucleocapsid antibodySARS-CoV-2 antibodiesSeroprevalenceSpike protein antibody

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PMID40575632
PMCPMC12188883

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