Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Work place and prevalence of COVID-19 in a rural population in Greece |
| Authors: |
Dimitrios Papagiannis, Ourania Kotsiou, Evangelos Fradelos, Garyfallia Perlepe, Angeliki Miziou, Dimitra Siachpazidou, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis |
| Source: |
Rural and Remote Health, Vol 22 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: |
James Cook University, 2022. |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Special situations and conditions
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19, Greece, rural population, SARS-CoV-2, seroprevalence study, workplace, Special situations and conditions, RC952-1245, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1445-6354 |
| Relation: |
https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/6751/; https://doaj.org/toc/1445-6354 |
| DOI: |
10.22605/RRH6751 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/864aeb80094946e19fe1b6522b77d170 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.864aeb80094946e19fe1b6522b77d170 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
