Evolving virulence? Decreasing COVID-19 complications among Massachusetts healthcare workers: a cohort study

Pathog Glob Health. 2021 Feb;115(1):4-6. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1847778. Epub 2020 Nov 14.

Authors

Fan-Yun Lan^{1

2}, Robert Filler², Soni Mathew³, Eirini Iliaki³, Rebecca Osgood³, Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha³, Stefanos N Kales^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Boston, MA, USA.
³ Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School , Cambridge, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; emerging; epidemiology; evolution; fatality; headache; hospitalization; occupational health; potency.

MeSH terms

Adult
Biological Evolution
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / virology*
Cohort Studies
Female
Health Personnel*
Humans
Male
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Middle Aged
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics*
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity*
Virulence
Young Adult