Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with cytomegalovirus infection in healthcare and childcare worker: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Eligibility criteria

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population	Employable	Age less than 16 or older than 80 years, animals
Exposure	Possible occupational exposure to CMV: childcare and healthcare workers
Control	No occupational exposure to CMV: jobs not related to childcare or health care
Outcomes	Ia. CMV seroprevalence Ib. Incidence of CMV primary infection IIa. Seroprevalence odds ratio IIb. Seroconversion risk ratio III. Risk factor odds ratio
Study design	Any original study including more than one participant	Case report, comment, letter to the editor, ecological study, meta-analysis, systematic review

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