COVID-19 seroepidemiological survey among healthcare workers in the City of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Patricia Martinez Évora; André Machado Siqueira; Rodrigo Guerino Stabeli

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0088-2022

COVID-19 seroepidemiological survey among healthcare workers in the City of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2022 Aug 5:55:e0088. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0088-2022. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Patricia Martinez Évora¹, André Machado Siqueira², Rodrigo Guerino Stabeli¹

Affiliations

¹ Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Plataforma Bi-institucional de Medicina Translacional, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
² Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) serology testing evaluates the prevalence of COVID-19 cases.

Methods: A seroepidemiological survey of COVID-19 among healthcare workers was performed (June 2020 to November 2020) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Overall, 10,172 and 2,129 workers participated in the first and second phases, respectively.

Results: First phase: 12.7% tested positive for COVID-19 (73.5% females and 35.2% aged 30-39 years), and 29.6% were nursing technicians. Second phase: 12.1% tested positive for COVID-19 (65.5% females and 33.3% aged 40-49 years), and 24.8% were nursing assistants.

Conclusions: In 2020, healthcare workers in Ribeirão Preto had COVID-19 in a similar way.

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cities
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Male
Prevalence