Influence of military preventive policy for recruit training on COVID-19 seroconversion: the IMPACT-COVID-19 study
Among unvaccinated populations, SARS-CoV-2 infection of infantry recruits was not reduced by institutional countermeasures, versus civilians subject to national restrictions. Vitamin D supplementation improved serum levels, but the implementation did not have a clinically meaningful impact on seroconversion during military training.
Authors
- Lucy Lamb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5779-7207)
- S Faustini
- Michael Stacey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-9025)
- Matthew K. O’Shea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-8088)
- Panagiotis P. Ferentinos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8531-5623)
- A G Richter
- Daniel Snape (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-7390)
- John Paul O'Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-7984)
- Robert M. Gifford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-6400)
- Fiona N. Manderson Koivula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-6263)
- Julie P. Greeves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0793-5338)
- Neil P. Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-6015)
- Iain Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-8289)
- A. Nicholson-Little
- D. R. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9669-9631)
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Ministry of Defence (GB)
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal Navy (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Military Health
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2024-002940
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Leeds Beckett University