Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection and Identification of Risk Factors among Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers: A Serosurvey Involving Multiple Hospitals in West Bengal

Mondal et al., Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 119:5

Mondal et al., Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection and Identification of Risk Factors among Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers: A.., Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 119:5

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Retrospective 1,470 healthcare workers in India, showing significantly lower risk of symptomatic COVID-19 with ivermectin prophylaxis.

This is the 54th of 97 COVID-19 controlled studies for ivermectin, which collectively show efficacy with p<0.0000000001 (1 in 2 sextillion). 46 studies are RCTs, which show efficacy with p=0.00000014.

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risk of symptomatic case, 87.9% lower, RR 0.12, p = 0.006, treatment 128, control 1,342, adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk, control prevalence approximated with overall prevalence, multivariable, primary outcome.

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Prevalence of COVID-19 Infection and Identification of Risk Factors among Asymptomatic Healthcare Workers : A Serosurvey Involving Multiple Hospitals in West Bengal

Sunetra Mondal, Arijit Singha, Debaditya Das, Subhasis Neogi, Piyas Gargari, Moxit Shah, Durairaj Arjunan, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy Ghosh, Jyothi Chowdhury, Subhankar Chowdhury

M ore than a hundred million people worldwide have been infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV 2) over the past fourteen months. With the vaccination campaign targeting healthcare workers and the sudden decline in the daily number of cases in the country, the

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