Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) screening among symptom-free healthcare workers

Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is possible among symptom-free individuals. Patients are avoiding medically necessary healthcare visits for fear of becoming infected in the healthcare setting. We screened 489 symptom-free healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2...

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Autores principales: Demmer, Ryan T., Ulrich, Angela K., Wiggen, Talia D., Strickland, Ali, Naumchik, Brianna M., Kulasingam, Shalini, Stovitz, Steven D., Marotz, Clarisse, Belda-Ferre, Pedro, Humphrey, Greg, De Hoff, Peter, Laurent, Louise, Kline, Susan, Knight, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8185420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33706827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.81
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Sumario:Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is possible among symptom-free individuals. Patients are avoiding medically necessary healthcare visits for fear of becoming infected in the healthcare setting. We screened 489 symptom-free healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 and found no positive results, strongly suggesting that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was <1%.

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