2022
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050634
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COVID-19 Infection among Elite Football Players: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study

Abstract: Little is known about the risk of COVID-19 infection among footballers. We aimed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of COVID-19 infection among footballers. In total, 480 football players of Super League Greece and 420 staff members participated in a prospective cohort study, which took place from May 2020 to May 2021. Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from footballers and staff members weekly. All samples (n = 43,975) collected were tested using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain react… Show more

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“…These clusters are similar to the corresponding waves notified nationwide in the same period of time, as well as pandemic waves that were recorded simultaneously across Europe [41,42]. It is reasonable to assume that the disease incidence in the community would impact the burden of the disease among the players and should thus be accounted for as presented in a study by Papagiannis [32].…”
Section: Covid-19 Epidemiology and Clinical Relevancesupporting
confidence: 70%
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“…These clusters are similar to the corresponding waves notified nationwide in the same period of time, as well as pandemic waves that were recorded simultaneously across Europe [41,42]. It is reasonable to assume that the disease incidence in the community would impact the burden of the disease among the players and should thus be accounted for as presented in a study by Papagiannis [32].…”
Section: Covid-19 Epidemiology and Clinical Relevancesupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Symptoms' presentation, the severity of the disease, the number of days without physical activity, as well as the time to return to full form after isolation, showed, to a large extent, similarity with other studies. All infected players in both seasons had mild clinical presentation of COVID-19 disease with no desaturation or required hospital care, as shown elsewhere [9,[11][12][13]31,32]. However, the proportion of asymptomatic cases in these studies highly varies.…”
Section: Covid-19 Epidemiology and Clinical Relevancementioning
confidence: 52%
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“…Two studies indicated that the increase in COVID-19 cases and cluster epidemics during the 2020 European Football Championship (EURO) were more likely to occur as a result of aggregations and celebrations in private settings, pubs/other public buildings, or public squares rather than from the official football events [34,35]. In addition, previous studies found that athletes had a higher risk of COVID-19 than staff members during professional football competitions [36,37] (Figure 4).…”
Section: Respiratory Tract Infectionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Research into the impact of COVID-19 on individual players provides valuable insights for developing specific training and match preparation strategies. Representative studies on players primarily center on the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate 15 , 16 and transmission risk after resuming professional football 17 19 , the testing protocol 20 24 and surveillance for COVID-19 2 , 25 and infection control policies for players 26 . Certain studies offer practical suggestions for designing training sessions to aid players in returning to sports following the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic 27 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%