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cord-342380-lihz7h1k	Meguid Kassem, Abdel	SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers of a gastroenterological service in a tertiary care facility	2020-07-21		.txt	text/plain	3044	164	51	BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Frontlines healthcare workers (HCWs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are at increased risk of infection by SARS-CoV-2, but there are limited data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among HCWs in Egypt. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Seventy-four HCWs at the gastroenterological service of Al-Manial University Hospital, the main hospital of the largest tertiary university hospitals complex in Egypt (Kasr Al-Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University) were tested using real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on nasopharyngeal samples, and rapid serological IgM/IgG tests (RST). This work has been conducted to determine the extent of infection by realtime reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid serological test (RST) for SARS-CoV-2 among frontline HCWs providing gastrointestinal services. Previous studies in developed countries reported variable infection rates in HCWs. In a study on 957 employees in a German university hospital, 52 of them (5.4%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR [13] .	./cache/cord-342380-lihz7h1k.txt	./txt/cord-342380-lihz7h1k.txt