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Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review

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    Affiliations: Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, I‑95123 Catania, Italy, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, I‑50139 Florence, Italy, Department of Occupational & Industrial Hygiene, National School of Public Health, 11521 Athens, Greece
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According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown etiology caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)‑coronavirus 2 was reported in Wuhan, China. The present review examined the literature to reveal the incidence of novel coronavirus‑2019 disease (COVID‑19) infections, underlying comorbidities, workplace infections and case fatality rates. A review was performed to identify the relevant publications available up to May 15, 2020. Since the early stages of the COVID‑19 outbreak, the case fatality rate among healthcare workers (HCWs) has stood at 0.69% worldwide and 0.4% in Italy. Based on the current information, most patients have exhibited good prognoses in terms of after‑effects or sequelae and low mortality rate. Patients that became critically ill were primarily in the elderly population or had chronic underlying diseases, including diabetes and hypertension. Among all working sectors, HCWs, since they are front‑line caregivers for patients with COVID‑19, are considered to be in the high‑risk population. Increased age and a number of comorbidity factors have been associated with increased risk of mortality in patients with COVID‑19. The most frequent complications of COVID‑19 reported that can cause fatality in patients were SARS, cardiac arrest, secondary infections and septic shock, in addition to acute kidney failure and liver failure. Overcoming the COVID‑19 pandemic is an ongoing challenge, which poses a threat to global health that requires close surveillance and prompt diagnosis, in coordination with research efforts to understand this pathogen and develop effective countermeasures.
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Senia, P., Vella, F., Mucci, N., Dounias, G., Trovato, A., Marconi, A., Ledda, C., Rapisarda, V., Vitale, E."Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.1 (2022): 10.
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Senia, P., Vella, F., Mucci, N., Dounias, G., Trovato, A., Marconi, A., Ledda, C., Rapisarda, V., Vitale, E."Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 1 (2022): 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10932
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Senia, P., Vella, F., Mucci, N., Dounias, G., Trovato, A., Marconi, A. ... Vitale, E. (2022). Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 23, 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10932
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Senia, P., Vella, F., Mucci, N., Dounias, G., Trovato, A., Marconi, A., Ledda, C., Rapisarda, V., Vitale, E."Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23.1 (2022): 10.
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Senia, P., Vella, F., Mucci, N., Dounias, G., Trovato, A., Marconi, A., Ledda, C., Rapisarda, V., Vitale, E."Survey on COVID‑19‑related mortality associated with occupational infection during the first phase of the pandemic: A systematic review". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 23, no. 1 (2022): 10. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.10932
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