If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines
The COVID-19 global pandemic is entering its second year. In this short report we present additional results as a supplement to our previous paper on COVID-19 and common respiratory virus screening for healthcare workers (HCWs) in a tertiary infectious disease referral hospital in Manila, Philippine...
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| author | Kristal An Agrupis Annavi Marie G. Villanueva Ana Ria Sayo Jezreel Lazaro Su Myat Han Alyannah C. Celis Shuichi Suzuki Ann Celestyn Uichanco Jocelyn Sagurit Rontgene Solante Lay-Myint Yoshida Koya Ariyoshi Chris Smith |
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| description | The COVID-19 global pandemic is entering its second year. In this short report we present additional results as a supplement to our previous paper on COVID-19 and common respiratory virus screening for healthcare workers (HCWs) in a tertiary infectious disease referral hospital in Manila, Philippines. We sought to understand what etiologic agents could explain the upper/lower respiratory tract infection-like (URTI/LRTI-like) symptoms exhibited by 88% of the 324 HCWs tested. Among the patients who had URTI/LRTI-like symptoms, only seven (2%) were positive for COVID-19, while 38 (13%) of the symptomatic participants were identified positive for another viral etiologic agent. Rhinovirus was the most common infection, with 21 (9%) of the symptomatic participants positive for rhinovirus. Based on these results, testing symptomatic HCWs for common respiratory illnesses in addition to COVID-19 should be considered during this time of global pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-591bfb67b91b43db9fae03bf02145e642023-11-21T11:06:43ZengMDPI AGTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease2414-63662021-03-01613910.3390/tropicalmed6010039If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, PhilippinesKristal An Agrupis0Annavi Marie G. Villanueva1Ana Ria Sayo2Jezreel Lazaro3Su Myat Han4Alyannah C. Celis5Shuichi Suzuki6Ann Celestyn Uichanco7Jocelyn Sagurit8Rontgene Solante9Lay-Myint Yoshida10Koya Ariyoshi11Chris Smith12San Lazaro Hospital, Nagasaki University Collaborative Research Office, Manila 1003, PhilippinesSan Lazaro Hospital, Nagasaki University Collaborative Research Office, Manila 1003, PhilippinesAdult Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Department, San Lazaro Hospital, Manila 1003, PhilippinesAdult Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Department, San Lazaro Hospital, Manila 1003, PhilippinesSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8102, JapanSan Lazaro Hospital, Nagasaki University Collaborative Research Office, Manila 1003, PhilippinesSan Lazaro Hospital, Nagasaki University Collaborative Research Office, Manila 1003, PhilippinesAdult Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Department, San Lazaro Hospital, Manila 1003, PhilippinesAdult Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Department, San Lazaro Hospital, Manila 1003, PhilippinesAdult Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Department, San Lazaro Hospital, Manila 1003, PhilippinesInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, JapanSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8102, JapanSchool of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8102, JapanThe COVID-19 global pandemic is entering its second year. In this short report we present additional results as a supplement to our previous paper on COVID-19 and common respiratory virus screening for healthcare workers (HCWs) in a tertiary infectious disease referral hospital in Manila, Philippines. We sought to understand what etiologic agents could explain the upper/lower respiratory tract infection-like (URTI/LRTI-like) symptoms exhibited by 88% of the 324 HCWs tested. Among the patients who had URTI/LRTI-like symptoms, only seven (2%) were positive for COVID-19, while 38 (13%) of the symptomatic participants were identified positive for another viral etiologic agent. Rhinovirus was the most common infection, with 21 (9%) of the symptomatic participants positive for rhinovirus. Based on these results, testing symptomatic HCWs for common respiratory illnesses in addition to COVID-19 should be considered during this time of global pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/1/39COVID-19respiratory virusescoinfectionshealth care workersPhilippinesrhinovirus |
| spellingShingle | Kristal An Agrupis Annavi Marie G. Villanueva Ana Ria Sayo Jezreel Lazaro Su Myat Han Alyannah C. Celis Shuichi Suzuki Ann Celestyn Uichanco Jocelyn Sagurit Rontgene Solante Lay-Myint Yoshida Koya Ariyoshi Chris Smith If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease COVID-19 respiratory viruses coinfections health care workers Philippines rhinovirus |
| title | If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines |
| title_full | If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines |
| title_fullStr | If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines |
| title_short | If Not COVID-19 What Is It? Analysis of COVID-19 versus Common Respiratory Viruses among Symptomatic Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Infectious Disease Referral Hospital in Manila, Philippines |
| title_sort | if not covid 19 what is it analysis of covid 19 versus common respiratory viruses among symptomatic health care workers in a tertiary infectious disease referral hospital in manila philippines |
| topic | COVID-19 respiratory viruses coinfections health care workers Philippines rhinovirus |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/1/39 |
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