Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Nursing Homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020

Authors :: María Gutierrez San Miguel
Juliana Esperalba
Maria José Abadias
Elisabet Martin
Antonio Roman
Andrés Antón
Tomás Pumarola
Xavier Martínez-Gómez
Marta Selvi
Benito Almirante
Blanca Borras-Bermejo
Magda Campins
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 9, Pp 2281-2283 (2020), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
Abstract: During the coronavirus disease pandemic in Spain, from April 10-24, 2020, a total of 5,869 persons were screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 at nursing homes. Among residents, 768 (23.9%) tested positive; among staff, 403 (15.2%). Of those testing positive, 69.7% of residents and 55.8% of staff were asymptomatic.

Subjects :: Male
Epidemiology
coronavirus
lcsh:Medicine
Disease
nursing homes
medicine.disease_cause
0302 clinical medicine
reverse transcription PCR
Pandemic
Infection control
Homes for the Aged
prevention and control
030212 general & internal medicine
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in nursing homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020
Asymptomatic Infections
Coronavirus
Aged, 80 and over
biology
infection control
Infectious Diseases
coronavirus disease
Female
medicine.symptom
Coronavirus Infections
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Microbiology (medical)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
030231 tropical medicine
Pneumonia, Viral
Asymptomatic
elderly
2019 novel coronavirus disease
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Betacoronavirus
respiratory infections
medicine
Research Letter
Humans
viruses
lcsh:RC109-216
Pandemics
Aged
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
lcsh:R
COVID-19
biology.organism_classification
Virology
zoonoses
Spain
Nursing homes
business

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