Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection at a German Medical Congress During the Omicron Wave-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection at a German Medical Congress During the Omicron Wave

Published:2023-06-13 Issue:6 Volume:6 Page:e2318025
ISSN:2574-3805
Container-title:JAMA Network Open
language:en
Short-container-title:JAMA Netw Open

Author:

Abdin Alaa Din¹,Gärtner Barbara C.²,Munteanu Cristian¹,Weinstein Isabel¹,Mele Birgit³,Gass Philip³,Seitz Berthold¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ophthalmology, Saarland University Medical Center UKS, Homburg/Saar, Germany

2. Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center UKS, Homburg/Saar, Germany

3. Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection rates at the 122nd Annual Congress of the German Society of Ophthalmology in 2022, which was held in-person for the first time in 3 years, during the Omicron wave.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/articlepdf/2805969/abdin_2023_ld_230092_1685988935.38736.pdf

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