{"doi":"10.1002/ajim.23552","title":"Prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among US blood donors by industry, May–December 2021","abstract":"BACKGROUND: Work is a social determinant of health that is often overlooked. There are major work-related differences in the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and death, but there have been few analyses of infection rates across industry groups. To date, only one national assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence by industry based on self-report has been completed. No study has looked at seroprevalence of COVID-19 by industry. METHODS: During May-December 2021, blood donors with SARS-CoV-2 antinucleocapsid testing were sent an electronic survey about their work. Free-text industry responses were classified using the North American Industry Classification System. We estimated seroprevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of SARS-CoV-2 infection by industry. RESULTS: Of 57,726 donors, 7040 (12%, 95% CI: 11.9%-12.5%) had prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Seroprevalence was highest among Accommodation & Food Services (19.3%, 95% CI: 17.1%-21.6%), Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (19.2%, 95% CI: 12.8%-27.8%), Healthcare & Social Assistance (15.6%, 95% CI: 14.9%-16.4%), and Construction (14.7%, 95% CI: 13.1%-16.3%). Seroprevalence was lowest among Management of Companies & Enterprises (6.5%, 95% CI: 3.5%-11.5%), Professional Scientific & Technical Services (8.4%, 95% CI: 7.7%-9.0%), and Information (9.9%, 95% CI: 8.5%-11.5%). CONCLUSIONS: While workers in all industries had serologic evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, certain sectors were disproportionately impacted. Disease surveillance systems should routinely collect work characteristics so public health and industry leaders can address health disparities using sector-specific policies.","journal":"American Journal of Industrial Medicine","year":2023,"id":378123,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.907,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2023-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":267654,"name":"Emily G. McDonald","orcid":"0000-0003-0783-0624","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":230975,"name":"Melisa M. Shah","orcid":"0000-0002-7277-1547","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":727262,"name":"Matthew R. Groenewold","orcid":"0000-0003-4662-7813","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1142495,"name":"James M. Haynes","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":381667,"name":"Bryan R. Spencer","orcid":"0000-0002-9008-9154","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":235417,"name":"Susan L. Stramer","orcid":"0000-0002-5865-6366","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":106003,"name":"Leora R. Feldstein","orcid":"0000-0002-4430-6760","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":265850,"name":"Sharon Saydah","orcid":"0000-0002-6350-5300","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":272227,"name":"Jefferson M. Jones","orcid":"0000-0003-4974-9058","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":644681,"name":"Sophia Chiu","orcid":"0000-0002-8492-8441","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":539835,"name":"Jessica L. Rinsky","orcid":null,"position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":931102,"name":"Dallas S. Shi","orcid":"0000-0001-8088-6427","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":14,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T01:16:44.708019Z","pmid":"38047323","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}