SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and vaccine effectiveness among dental healthcare workers during the omicron surge
Holly Shoemaker, Jeri L. Bullock, Kristina Stratford, Melodie L. Weller, Wendy L. Hobson, Jeanmarie Mayer, Yue Zhang, Vanessa Stevens, Stacey E. Swilling, Matthew Samore · 2026
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Description
Shoemaker and nine co-authors track COVID infections and vaccine protection in dental workers during the Omicron surge, in a study from twenty twenty-six. Dental work sprays aerosols and needs close contact, so risk was a concern. The team ran repeated screening tests from twenty twenty to twenty twenty-two. Over four hundred students, faculty, and staff took part.
More than eight thousand tests found one hundred fifty-eight positives. Over a third of positives fell in a single month of the Omicron wave. Before Omicron, recent vaccination cut infection risk by about ninety percent. Protection fell after Omicron arrived. Job role and spray-task frequency did not predict infection. The team urges up-to-date shots and steady precautions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Holly Shoemaker, Jeri L. Bullock, Kristina Stratford, Melodie L. Weller, Wendy L. Hobson, Jeanmarie Mayer, Yue Zhang, Vanessa Stevens, Stacey E. Swilling, Matthew Samore |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |