A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality

In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 spread rapidly through a long-term care facility in Massachusetts. 74 (of 134 total) residents tested positive, with 72 testing positive in the first three weeks of the outbreak. Fatigue, anorexia, myalgia, and confusion were the most common symptoms. 21 residents (28...

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Autores principales: Whitcomb, Nicholas, Monteleone, Maureen, Johansen, Paul, Matthews, Mark, Aucoin, Paula, Burt, Donald, Whitcomb, Winthrop
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35502166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17571774211066773
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author Whitcomb, Nicholas
Monteleone, Maureen
Johansen, Paul
Matthews, Mark
Aucoin, Paula
Burt, Donald
Whitcomb, Winthrop
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description In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 spread rapidly through a long-term care facility in Massachusetts. 74 (of 134 total) residents tested positive, with 72 testing positive in the first three weeks of the outbreak. Fatigue, anorexia, myalgia, and confusion were the most common symptoms. 21 residents (28%) testing positive subsequently died.
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spelling pubmed-88642302022-05-01 A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality Whitcomb, Nicholas Monteleone, Maureen Johansen, Paul Matthews, Mark Aucoin, Paula Burt, Donald Whitcomb, Winthrop J Infect Prev Short Reports In the spring of 2020, COVID-19 spread rapidly through a long-term care facility in Massachusetts. 74 (of 134 total) residents tested positive, with 72 testing positive in the first three weeks of the outbreak. Fatigue, anorexia, myalgia, and confusion were the most common symptoms. 21 residents (28%) testing positive subsequently died. SAGE Publications 2022-02-21 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8864230/ /pubmed/35502166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17571774211066773 Text en © The Author(s) 2022
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A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
title A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
title_full A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
title_fullStr A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
title_full_unstemmed A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
title_short A COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility in Massachusetts: Rapidity and extent of spread, resident symptoms, and mortality
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35502166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17571774211066773
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