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Healthcare workers as a sentinel surveillance population in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are a critical resource in the effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also a sentinel surveillance population whose clinical status reflects the effectiveness of the hospital’s infection prevention measures in the pandemic. METHODS: This was a retro...

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Autores principales:	Venkatachalam, Indumathi, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Aung, May Kyawt, How, Molly Kue Bien, Wee, Liang En, Sim, Jean Xiang Ying, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9728314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34157807 http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2021083

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