Prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and respiratory illness on UK healthcare workers during winter 2023/24 (September 2023 to March 2024): SIREN cohort study
Respiratory illness caused a substantial burden on the SIREN healthcare workforce over winter, with all three viruses contributing. Reduced number of staff at work and pressures to work through illness have implications for healthcare resilience.
Authors
- André Charlett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-0432)
- Ana Atti
- Angela Dunne
- Sarah Foulkes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7241-6345)
- Dominic Sparkes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-3864)
- Victoria Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8744-4277)
- Matthew Forbes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7535-3976)
- Jameel Khawam
- Katie Bellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5368-7027)
- Elen De Lacy
- Susan Hopkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-5702)
- Kevin Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5275-706X)
- Marissa Knoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-6335)
- Ewan M. Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-0507)
- Michelle Cairns
- Nick Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-2684)
- Colin Stewart Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4776-3403)
- Jasmin Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0005-014X)
- Jean Timeyin
- Declan Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1468-1823)
- Nipunadi Hettiarachchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8163-828X)
- Ya-Lin A. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-8594)
- Katie Munro
- Sophie Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8061-3889)
- Andrea Frick-Kretschmer
Institutions
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
- European Medicines Agency (NL)
- National Security Agency (US)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Public Health Wales (GB)
- Public Health Scotland (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106620
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71