1. Factors preventing SARS-CoV-2 transmission during unintentional exposure in a GP practice: a cohort study of patient contacts; Germany, 2020
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Udo Buchholz, Jennifer K. Bender, Kai Michaelis, T. Sonia Boender, and Angelika Krüger
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,From the Field ,Epidemiology ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient ,Cohort Studies ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Special Collection Question ,General Practitioners ,Germany ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,ddc:610 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Aged, 80 and over ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Transmission (medicine) ,business.industry ,Public health ,COVID-19 ,Outbreak ,Middle Aged ,Infectious Diseases ,Cohort ,Female ,Contact Tracing ,610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,business ,Contact tracing ,Cohort study - Abstract
Two general practitioners (GPs) with SARS-CoV-2 infection provided in-person patient care to patients of their joint medical practice before and after symptom onset, up until SARS-CoV-2 laboratory confirmation. Through active contact tracing, the local public health authorities recruited the cohort of patients that had contact with either GP in their putative infectious period. In this cohort of patient contacts, we assess the frequency and determinants of SARS-CoV-2-transmission from GPs to patients. We calculated incidence rate ratios (IRR) to explore the type of contact as an explanatory variable for COVID-19 cases. Among the cohort of 83 patient contacts, we identified 22 (27%) COVID-19 cases including 17 (21%) possible, three (4%) probable and two (2%) confirmed cases. All 22 cases had contact with a GP when the GP did not wear a mask, and/or when contact was ≥10 min. Importantly, patients who had contact
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- 2021
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