Serosurvey of hepatitis A virus and E virus infection among municipal sweepers working in the largest city in the south of Iran

Hosseini, Seyed Younes; Joharinia, Negar; Ghahestani, Saeed Firoozi; Ghojoghi, Rozita; Dorost, Kourosh; Moghadami, Mohsen; Gheshlaghi, Abolfazl; Jaberi, Omid; Khoshbakht, Rohollah; Sarvari, Jamal

doi:10.1080/15321819.2022.2052088

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“…None of the workers in current study were positive for hepatitis A virus. In Greece it was 40% (36) and in Iran it reached 100% (37) . This variation may be due to the difference in the used testing modalities across the studies.…”

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Infectious diseases among waste handlers and its relation to their work ability, Minia city, Egypt

Ayad,

Sadek,

Abo El-Ata

et al. 2024

Minia Journal of Medical Research

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“…The Work Ability Index (WAI) questionnaire: Consists of seven items, considering the worker's health, both physical and mental demands of the job. The final score is categorized into four levels: poor (7-27), moderate (28-36), good (37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43), and optimal (44-49) work ability. The score range from 7 to 49 (7) .…”

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Infectious diseases among waste handlers and its relation to their work ability, Minia city, Egypt

Ayad,

Sadek,

Abo El-Ata

et al. 2024

Minia Journal of Medical Research

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“…Five were from low-income countries, while seven were from high-income countries (Sup Table 1 ). The studies were found from Greece [ 18 – 22 ], Italy [ 23 – 25 ], Israel [ 26 ], Bulgaria[ 27 ], USA[ 28 – 30 ], Brazil [ 31 , 32 ], SriLanka[ 33 ], Egypt [ 34 – 38 ], India [ 39 , 40 ], Iran[ 41 ], Pakistan[ 42 ], Nigeria[ 43 ] and Iran[ 44 ]. Regarding to eligble population, about seven thousand nine hundred forty five sanitary workers were included, and they summarized in supplementary material (Sup.…”

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“…The second eligible populations were solid waste collectors those shared twenty five percent were found from nine studies [ 20 – 22 , 32 , 35 – 37 , 40 , 43 ] across worldwide. While, the three studies [ 19 , 41 , 44 ] were conducted on street sweepers which was accounted nine percent from a total sanaitry workers (Sup. Figure 1 ).…”

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Sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers across worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tolera,

Mengistu,

Alemu

et al. 2023

BMC Infect Dis

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Background Sanitation or sanitary workers are exposed to hepatitis virus infections because of filthy and dangerous working conditions. The current global systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the pooled sero-prevalence of occupationally associated hepatitis virus infection among them. Methods Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA), and Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome and study design (PICOS) were used for flow diagram, and review questions, respectively. Four databases other methods were used published articles from 2000 to 2022. Boolean logic (AND, OR), MeSH, and keywords were used: (Occupation *OR Job *OR Work) AND (Hepatitis A *OR Hepatitis B virus *OR Hepatitis C virus *OR Hepatitis E virus) AND (Solid waste collectors [SWCs] *OR Street sweepers [SS] *OR Sewage workers [STWs] *OR health care facilities cleaners [HCFCs)) AND (Countries). Stata MP/17 software was used for pooled prevalence analysis, meta-regression analysis (Hedges) at a 95% confidence interval (CI:95%). Results A total of 182 studies were identified studies, a total of 28 studies were included from twelve countries. Of these, from developed (n = 7) and developing countries (n = 5). From total a of 9049 sanitary workers, 5951(66%), 2280 (25%) and 818 (9%) were STWs, SWCs and SS, respectively. Globally, the pooled sero-prevalence of occupational-related hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers was 38.06% (95% CI: 30–0.46.12). Of this, it was 42.96% (95% CI: 32.63–53.29) and 29.81% (95% CI: 17.59–42.02) for high-income and low-income countries, respectively. Meanwhile, by sub-analysis, the highest pooled sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections by categories, type and year were 47.66% (95%CI: 37.42–57.90), 48.45% (95% CI: 37.95–58.96), and 48.30% (95% CI: 36.13–60.47) for SWTs, HAV, and 2000 to 2010 year, respectively. Conclusion The consistency of the evidence suggests that sanitation workers, particularly sewage workers, are susceptible to occupationally acquired hepatitis regardless of their working conditions, necessitating significant changes to occupational health and safety regulations from governmental policies and other initiatives to reduce risks among sanitary workers.

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Sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers Across the Worldwide: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Tolera

Alemu

Gawo

et al. 2023

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Background: Sanitary workers are the possibility of have hepatitis viral infections due their working conditions. Thus, the aim of the review was to estimate the pooled sero-prevalence occupational related hepatitis viral infection among sanitary workers across the world. Methods: PRISMA and PICOS were used flow diagram and review questions, respectively. Four databases other methods were used published articles from 2000 to 2022. Boolean logic (AND, OR), MeSH, and keywords were used: (Occupation *OR Job *OR Work) AND (Hepatitis Infection A *OR B *OR C *OR E) AND (Solid waste collectors [SWCs] *OR Street sweepers [SS] *OR Sewage workers [STW] *OR health facilities cleaners [HCFC) AND (Countries). CMA software used for data analysis (95%CI) Results: A total of 178 studies were identified studies, a total of 25 studies were included from eleven countries. Of these, from developed (n=7 ) and developing countries (n=4). From total of sanitary workers (N= 7,945), 5951(74%), 1609 (21%) and 385 (5%) were STW, SWCs and SS, respectively. The overall pooled Sero-prevalence of HAV infection among sanitary workers across the world was 56.7% (95%CI: 0.44-0.69; p-value =0.32). While, 22.6% (95%CI: 0.10-0.44; p-value=0.01), 22.8% (95%CI: 0.10-0.45; p-value=0.02) and 33.1% (95%CI: 0.18-0.54; p-value=0.10) for HBV, HCV and HEV, respectively Conclusion: The current pooled prevalence concluded that sanitary workers are at the risk of occupational related hepatitis viral infections that need governmental policies amendment and other efforts to mitigate these risks.

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Serosurvey of hepatitis A virus and E virus infection among municipal sweepers working in the largest city in the south of Iran

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Infectious diseases among waste handlers and its relation to their work ability, Minia city, Egypt

Infectious diseases among waste handlers and its relation to their work ability, Minia city, Egypt

Sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers across worldwide: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sero-prevalence of hepatitis viral infections among sanitary workers Across the Worldwide: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

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