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

Alaa Din Abdin; Barbara C Gärtner; Cristian Munteanu; Isabel Weinstein; Birgit Mele; Philip Gass; Berthold Seitz

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18025

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

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2318025. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18025.

Authors

Alaa Din Abdin¹, Barbara C Gärtner², Cristian Munteanu¹, Isabel Weinstein¹, Birgit Mele³, Philip Gass³, Berthold Seitz¹

Affiliations

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.

PMID: 37310742
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18025

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Plain language summary

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.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2