SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Post-First Wave among Primary Care Physicians in Catania (Italy)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Results |
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Gender (Male; n, %) | 62 (47%) |
Age (Mean ± SD) | 55.65 ± 11.24 |
Working seniority (Mean ± SD) | 15.14 ± 13.62 |
Patients | 994.44 ± 358.33 |
GPs with COVID-19 patients (n., %) | 51 (38%) |
GPs who had swabbed for SARS-CoV-2 RT detection (n., %) | 21 (16%) |
GPs with COVID-19 diagnosis | 3 (2%) |
GPs with close contacts with cases of COVID-19 (n., %) | 78 (59%) |
Probable cases | 21 (20%) |
Presence of COVID-19 symptoms (n., %) | |
Hyposmia * (n., %) | 4 (3%) |
Ageusia * (n., %) | 2 (2%) |
Fever > 37.5 °C * (n., %) | 23 (23%) |
Fatigue * (n., %) | 65 (49%) |
Muscle aches * (n., %) | 52 (52%) |
Sore throat * (n., %) | 50 (50%) |
Dry cough * (n., %) | 48 (36%) |
Nasal congestion * (n., %) | 41 (31%) |
Rhinorrhea * (n., %) | 40 (30%) |
Dyspnea * (n., %) | 9 (7%) |
Headache * (n., %) | 53 (40%) |
Abdominal pain * (n., %) | 23 (17%) |
Results | n. (%) |
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Negative | 127 (95%) |
Positive | 4 (3%) |
Borderline | 2 (2%) |
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Ledda, C.; Carrasi, F.; Longombardo, M.T.; Paravizzini, G.; Rapisarda, V. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Post-First Wave among Primary Care Physicians in Catania (Italy). Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2021, 6, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010021
Ledda C, Carrasi F, Longombardo MT, Paravizzini G, Rapisarda V. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Post-First Wave among Primary Care Physicians in Catania (Italy). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2021; 6(1):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010021
Chicago/Turabian StyleLedda, Caterina, Flavia Carrasi, Maria Teresa Longombardo, Gianluca Paravizzini, and Venerando Rapisarda. 2021. "SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Post-First Wave among Primary Care Physicians in Catania (Italy)" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 6, no. 1: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6010021