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Rural Remote Health
. 2022 Jul;22(3):6751.
doi: 10.22605/RRH6751. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Work place and prevalence of COVID-19 in a rural population in Greece
Dimitrios Papagiannis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ourania S Kotsiou[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Evangelos C Fradelos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Garyfallia Perlepe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Angeliki Miziou[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Dimitra S Siachpazidou[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic, giving rise to a serious global health threat. Many countries including Greece have seen a two-wave pattern of reported cases, with a first wave in spring and a second in autumn of 2020.
Methods: A cross-sectional seroprevalence study was designed to measure the prevalence of IgG antibodies with a quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG lab-based serology test, chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay, against novel coronavirus in rural areas in Greece after the second pandemic wave. The study was conducted on 29 January 2021 in a rural semi-closed area, the municipality of Deskati, prefecture of western Macedonia in Greece after the second pandemic wave.
Results: Sixty-nine participants were included in this study. The present study demonstrated a high prevalence of COVID-19 infection (31 of 69 total participants; 45%) and those who were working in the public sector were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection in comparison to their counterparts in private sector (p=0.05364), (relative risk 2.64; 95% confidence interval 1.001-7.086).
Conclusion: The study presents data showing a high prevalence of herd immunity for COVID-19 in a semi-closed area in Greece. These findings might help to understand the characteristics of this second wave, the behaviour and danger of SARS-CoV-2 in rural areas in Greece and Europe generally.
Keywords: Greece; SARS-CoV-2; rural population; seroprevalence study; workplace; COVID-19.
. 2022 Jul;22(3):6751.
doi: 10.22605/RRH6751. Epub 2022 Jul 19.
Work place and prevalence of COVID-19 in a rural population in Greece
Dimitrios Papagiannis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ourania S Kotsiou[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Evangelos C Fradelos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Garyfallia Perlepe[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Angeliki Miziou[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Dimitra S Siachpazidou[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35853536
- DOI: 10.22605/RRH6751
Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic, giving rise to a serious global health threat. Many countries including Greece have seen a two-wave pattern of reported cases, with a first wave in spring and a second in autumn of 2020.
Methods: A cross-sectional seroprevalence study was designed to measure the prevalence of IgG antibodies with a quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG lab-based serology test, chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay, against novel coronavirus in rural areas in Greece after the second pandemic wave. The study was conducted on 29 January 2021 in a rural semi-closed area, the municipality of Deskati, prefecture of western Macedonia in Greece after the second pandemic wave.
Results: Sixty-nine participants were included in this study. The present study demonstrated a high prevalence of COVID-19 infection (31 of 69 total participants; 45%) and those who were working in the public sector were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection in comparison to their counterparts in private sector (p=0.05364), (relative risk 2.64; 95% confidence interval 1.001-7.086).
Conclusion: The study presents data showing a high prevalence of herd immunity for COVID-19 in a semi-closed area in Greece. These findings might help to understand the characteristics of this second wave, the behaviour and danger of SARS-CoV-2 in rural areas in Greece and Europe generally.
Keywords: Greece; SARS-CoV-2; rural population; seroprevalence study; workplace; COVID-19.