Asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus disease 2019 among healthcare workers in Isfahan, Iran

Hamed Fakhim; Elahe Nasri; Shima Aboutalebian; Sahar Gholipour; Mahnaz Nikaeen; Afsane Vaezi; Somayeh Mousavi; Sama Faramarzi; Armin Farhang; Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard; Mehrdad Salahi; Ali Darakhshandeh; Kazem Ahmadikia; Hossein Mirhendi

doi:10.2217/fvl-2020-0224

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Asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus disease 2019 among healthcare workers in Isfahan, Iran

Authors

Fakhim, Hamed^{1, 2}
Nasri, Elahe¹
Aboutalebian, Shima³
Gholipour, Sahar⁴
Nikaeen, Mahnaz⁴
Vaezi, Afsane⁵
Mousavi, Somayeh³
Faramarzi, Sama³
Farhang, Armin⁶
Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy⁷
Salahi, Mehrdad¹
Darakhshandeh, Ali⁸
Ahmadikia, Kazem⁹
Mirhendi, Hossein²

¹ Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
² Core Research Facilities (CRF), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
³ Department of Medical Parasitology & Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
⁴ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
⁵ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
⁶ Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
⁷ Applied Physiology Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
⁹ Department of Medical Parasitology & Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Published Article

Journal

Future Virology

Publisher

Future Medicine

Publication Date

Jan 28, 2021

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DOI: 10.2217/fvl-2020-0224

PMCID: PMC7842138

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PubMed Central

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Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Isfahan, Iran. Materials & methods: HCWs in COVID-19 wards of three referral COVID-19 hospitals in Isfahan were screened and tested for COVID-19 infection. Results: In total, 102 HCWs were screened whose median age was 43 years old. Moreover, 21 (20.5%) of them had a history of suspected infection with SARS-CoV2, mostly (66.6%) without any symptoms while six (28.5%) of them suffered from relatively mild diseases and one (4.7%) was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. Conclusion: It was found that HCWs were prone to be asymptomatic carriers while their computed tomography images were normal. Therefore, it is recommended that reverse-transcriptase real-time-PCR be essential for the diagnosis of infections.

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