Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research Letter
Infection Rate of SARS-CoV-2 in Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers, Sweden, June 2022
Kim Blom, Sebastian Havervall, Ulrika Marking, Nina Greilert Norin, Philip Bacchus, Ramona Groenheit, Andreas Bråve, Charlotte Thålin, and Jonas Klingström
Table
Characteristics of 259 asymptomatic HCWs who participated in a quantitative real-time PCR screening survey, Stockholm, Sweden, June 28–29, 2022*
| Characteristic | All HCWs |
Infected HCWs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
259 (100) |
6 (2.3) |
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| Sex | ||||
| M | 26 (60) | 1 (17) | ||
| F |
233 (40) |
5 (83) |
||
| Median age, y |
51 |
48 |
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| Vaccination status | ||||
| No vaccination | 5 (2) | 1 (17) | ||
| 1 vaccine dose | 2 (1) | 0 | ||
| 2 vaccine doses | 24 (9) | 0 | ||
| 3 vaccine doses |
228 (88) |
5 (83) |
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| Previous Infections | ||||
| 1 infection | 119 (46) | 2 (33) | ||
| 2 infections |
11 (4) | 0 |
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*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. HCW, healthcare worker.
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