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The role of airborne transmission in a large single source outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a Belgian nursing home in 2020
- Source :
- Epidemics, Vol 40, Iss , Pp 100589- (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2022.
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Abstract
- Objectives: To better understand the conditions which have led to one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in Belgian nursing homes in 2020. Setting: A nursing home in Flanders, Belgium, which experienced a massive outbreak of COVID-19 after a cultural event. An external volunteer who dressed as a legendary figure visited consecutively the 4 living units on December, 4th and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 the next day. Within days, residents started to display symptoms and the outbreak spread rapidly within the nursing home. Methods: We interviewed key informants and collected standardized data from all residents retrospectively. A batch of 115 positive samples with a Ct value of
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17554365
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 100589-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Epidemics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b59f2140b614c4986221f4bea0f2fc0
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100589