Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022

Palau had no reported evidence of COVID-19 community spread until January 2022. We chart reviewed hospitalized patients who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during early community transmission. Booster vaccinations and early outpatient treatment decreased hospitalizations. Inadequate hospital i...

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Autores principales: Eilers, Braiden, Adelbai-Fraser, Myra D., Collado, Johnrey R., Van Dyke, Miriam, Firestone, Melanie, Guinn, Angie S., Dillon, Michael T., Brostrom, Richard, Kinzer, Michael H., Muñoz, Nick, Okumura, Kazuhiro, Brown, Vance, Ademokun, Oluwatomiloba, Udui, Ritter, Uherbelau, Gaafar J., Hancock, W. Thane
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37437566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182
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author Eilers, Braiden
Adelbai-Fraser, Myra D.
Collado, Johnrey R.
Van Dyke, Miriam
Firestone, Melanie
Guinn, Angie S.
Dillon, Michael T.
Brostrom, Richard
Kinzer, Michael H.
Muñoz, Nick
Okumura, Kazuhiro
Brown, Vance
Ademokun, Oluwatomiloba
Udui, Ritter
Uherbelau, Gaafar J.
Hancock, W. Thane
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Adelbai-Fraser, Myra D.
Collado, Johnrey R.
Van Dyke, Miriam
Firestone, Melanie
Guinn, Angie S.
Dillon, Michael T.
Brostrom, Richard
Kinzer, Michael H.
Muñoz, Nick
Okumura, Kazuhiro
Brown, Vance
Ademokun, Oluwatomiloba
Udui, Ritter
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description Palau had no reported evidence of COVID-19 community spread until January 2022. We chart reviewed hospitalized patients who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during early community transmission. Booster vaccinations and early outpatient treatment decreased hospitalizations. Inadequate hospital infection control practices contributed to iatrogenic COVID-19 and preventable deaths.
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spelling pubmed-104616632023-09-01 Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022 Eilers, Braiden Adelbai-Fraser, Myra D. Collado, Johnrey R. Van Dyke, Miriam Firestone, Melanie Guinn, Angie S. Dillon, Michael T. Brostrom, Richard Kinzer, Michael H. Muñoz, Nick Okumura, Kazuhiro Brown, Vance Ademokun, Oluwatomiloba Udui, Ritter Uherbelau, Gaafar J. Hancock, W. Thane Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Palau had no reported evidence of COVID-19 community spread until January 2022. We chart reviewed hospitalized patients who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during early community transmission. Booster vaccinations and early outpatient treatment decreased hospitalizations. Inadequate hospital infection control practices contributed to iatrogenic COVID-19 and preventable deaths. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10461663/ /pubmed/37437566 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Eilers, Braiden
Adelbai-Fraser, Myra D.
Collado, Johnrey R.
Van Dyke, Miriam
Firestone, Melanie
Guinn, Angie S.
Dillon, Michael T.
Brostrom, Richard
Kinzer, Michael H.
Muñoz, Nick
Okumura, Kazuhiro
Brown, Vance
Ademokun, Oluwatomiloba
Udui, Ritter
Uherbelau, Gaafar J.
Hancock, W. Thane
Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title_full Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title_fullStr Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title_full_unstemmed Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title_short Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13–February 24, 2022
title_sort patient characteristics during early transmission of sars-cov-2, palau, january 13–february 24, 2022
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10461663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37437566
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182
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