Respiratory symptom patterns in healthcare workers in Germany: a prospective study during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Our findings provide insights into respiratory symptom patterns during critical periods of a global pandemic and identify associations that merit further investigation. The protective association of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with reduced respiratory symptom frequency, combined with seasonal patterns mirroring national trends, may inform occupational health strategies during future respiratory disease outbreaks.
Authors
- Marie Mikuteit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-0548)
- Christine Happle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0096-3272)
- Anne Cossmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0029-8455)
- Luis Manthey
- Andrea Stölting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7084-9013)
- Frank Müller
- Isabell Pink
- Georg M. N. Behrens
- Noemí Calderón-Hampel
- Sandra Steffens
- Dominik Schröder
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1717080
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00