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Mobile PCR-based surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to reduce visiting restrictions in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot study

PURPOSE: Residents in nursing homes for the elderly (NH) are at high risk for death from COVID-19. We investigated whether repeated non-mandatory RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 surveillance of NH staff and visitors reduces COVID-19 incidence rates in NH residents and allows to reduce visiting restrictions. METHO...

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Autores principales: Stemler, Jannik, Kramer, Theresa, Dimitriou, Vassiliki, Wieland, Ulrike, Schumacher, Sofie, Sprute, Rosanne, Oberste, Max, Wiesmüller, Gerhard, Rau, Harald, Pieper, Sally, Bethe, Ullrich, Lehmann, Clara, Hellmich, Martin, Klein, Florian, Langebartels, Georg, Cornely, Oliver A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8527812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34669164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01716-4

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