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Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission in multi-bedded hospital cubicles over successive pandemic waves: Lower mortality but wider spread with Omicron despite enhanced infection-prevention measures

BACKGROUND: Increased transmissibility of severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2(SARS-CoV-2) variants, such as the Omicron-variant, presents an infection-control challenge. We contrasted nosocomial transmission amongst hospitalized inpatients across successive pandemic waves attributed to t...

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Autores principales: Wee, Liang En, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Aung, May Kyawt, Aung, Myat Oo, Yang, Yong, Arora, Shalvi, Ko, Karrie Kwan-Ki, Venkatachalam, Indumathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9537248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37032572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.003