COVID-19 cases among medical laboratory services staff in South Africa, 2020–2021: A cohort study

• Kerry Sidwell Wilson ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: KerryW@nioh.ac.za

  Affiliations Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7933-0031

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• Vusi Ntlebi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Felix Made,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Natasha Sanabria,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toxicology and Biochemistry Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1613-6178

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• Melissa Vetten,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toxicology and Biochemistry Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, South Africa

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• Jitcy Joseph,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toxicology and Biochemistry Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, South Africa

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• Graham Chin,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation National Safety Health and Environment Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Braamfontein, South Africa

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• David Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation National Safety Health and Environment Department, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Services, Braamfontein, South Africa

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• Nonhlanhla Tlotleng

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, National Institute for Occupational Health, A Division of National Health Laboratory Service, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa

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