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Asymptomatic SARS COV-2 carriers among nursing home staff: A source of contamination for residents?
- Source :
- Infectious Diseases Now; March 2021, Vol. 51 Issue: 2 p197-200, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- •We report a screening campaign of asymptomatic staff workers in elderly nursing homes in Paris.•Before the campaign, 12.1% of the employees had developed symptomatic COVID-19.•Among screened employees not known to have the virus, 32/241 (13.3%) tested positive for SARS-CoV2.•Staff carrying SARS-CoV2 were asymptomatic in 75% of cases.•All in all, 66 out of 281 (23.5%) of the home employees had been carriers for COVID-19.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26669919
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Infectious Diseases Now
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs55508342
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idnow.2020.11.008