High Proportion of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in 9 Long-Term Care Facilities, Pasadena, California, USA, April 2020

Our analysis of coronavirus disease prevalence in 9 long-term care facilities demonstrated a high proportion (40.7%) of asymptomatic infections among residents and staff members. Infection control measures in congregate settings should include mass testing–based strategies in concert with symptom sc...

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Autores principales: Feaster, Matt, Goh, Ying-Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32614768
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202694
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spelling pubmed-75107072020-10-02 High Proportion of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in 9 Long-Term Care Facilities, Pasadena, California, USA, April 2020 Feaster, Matt Goh, Ying-Ying Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Our analysis of coronavirus disease prevalence in 9 long-term care facilities demonstrated a high proportion (40.7%) of asymptomatic infections among residents and staff members. Infection control measures in congregate settings should include mass testing–based strategies in concert with symptom screening for greater effectiveness in preventing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7510707/ /pubmed/32614768 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202694 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This 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.
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title_full High Proportion of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in 9 Long-Term Care Facilities, Pasadena, California, USA, April 2020
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title_full_unstemmed High Proportion of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in 9 Long-Term Care Facilities, Pasadena, California, USA, April 2020
title_short High Proportion of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in 9 Long-Term Care Facilities, Pasadena, California, USA, April 2020
title_sort high proportion of asymptomatic sars-cov-2 infections in 9 long-term care facilities, pasadena, california, usa, april 2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202694
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