Seropositivity and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a South Asian community in Ontario: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study

SS Anand, C Arnold, SI Bangdiwala… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Asian community in the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA) was identified as having risk factors for exposure and specific barriers to …

What factors converged to create a COVID-19 hot-spot? Lessons from the South Asian community in Ontario

SS Anand, C Arnold, S Bangdiwala, S Bolotin… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Background South Asians represent the largest non-white ethnic group in Canada.
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA), home to a high proportion of South Asians, emerged as a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical risk, sociodemographic factors, and SARS-CoV-2 infection over time in Ontario, Canada

JA Udell, B Behrouzi, A Sivaswamy, A Chu… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We aimed to determine whether early public health interventions in 2020 mitigated the
association of sociodemographic and clinical risk factors with severe acute respiratory …

Risk factors for recognized and unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infection: a seroepidemiologic analysis of the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

DP Leong, M Loeb, PK Mony, S Rangarajan… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
There are limited data on individual risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection (including
unrecognized infection). In this seroepidemiologic substudy of an ongoing prospective …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting SARS-CoV-2 epidemics in Singapore: cohort studies in migrant workers and the general population

HE Clapham, WN Chia, LWL Tan, V Kumar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Importance Since January 2020, Singapore has implemented comprehensive
measures to suppress SARS-CoV-2. Despite this, the country has experienced contrasting …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnicity and risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection among the healthcare workforce: Results of a retrospective cohort study in rural United Kingdom

M Inghels, R Kane, P Lall, D Nelson, A Nanyonjo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The reason why Black and South Asian healthcare workers are at a
higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection remain unclear. We aimed to quantify the risk for SARS …

Assessment of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors associated with COVID-19 infection among outpatients in Virginia

ETR McQuade, KA Guertin, L Becker… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Data from seroepidemiologic surveys measuring severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure in diverse communities and ascertaining …

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies among adults living in Connecticut: Post-infection prevalence (PIP) study

S Mahajan, R Srinivasan, CA Redlich… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background A seroprevalence study can estimate the percentage of people with severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in the general …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of anti-SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity: an Egyptian population-based study

EM El-Ghitany, A Ashour, AG Farghaly, MH Hashish… - Infectious Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Population-based studies on the determinants of COVID-19 seroprevalence
constitute a cornerstone in guiding appropriate preventive measures. Such studies are …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 cumulative incidence, asymptomatic infections, and fatality in Long Island, NY, January–August 2020: A cohort of World Trade Center responders

O Morozova, SAP Clouston, J Valentine, A Newman… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background New York City and Long Island, NY were early foci of the COVID-19 epidemic in
the US. The effects of COVID-19 on different sub-populations, and its key epidemiologic …