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COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination among Healthcare Work-ers in a South African Academic Hospital: Burden, Risk Factors, and Protective Trends

2025-09-11

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The study reveals a high burden of COVID-19 among healthcare workers, especially nurses, due to prolonged patient contact and workplace exposures. Despite vaccination efforts, stringent infection control practices are essential. Vaccinated healthcare workers had fewer severe infections during the 3rd wave, while the Omicron variant in the 4th wave posed high transmission challenges with less severe disease. Key de...

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Literature Corpus work: 6ad72ef2-8105-5ab1-9122-6f021eb366b9
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202509.1034.v1

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