Epidemiology of covid-19 in a long-term care facility in King County, Washington

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 21, 2020, Pages 2008-2011

  McMichael, Temet M ^a,f,g   Currie, Dustin W ^f,g   Clark, Shauna ^a   Pogosjans, Sargis ^a   Kay, Meagan ^a   Schwartz, Noah G ^f,g   Lewis, James ^a   Baer, Atar ^a   Kawakami, Vance ^a   Lukoff, Margaret D ^a   Ferro, Jessica ^a   Brostrom Smith, Claire ^a   Rea, Thomas D ^b   Sayre, Michael R ^b   Riedo, Francis X ^c   Russell, Denny ^d   Hiatt, Brian ^d   Montgomery, Patricia ^e   Rao, Agam K ^g   Chow, Eric J ^f,g   Tobolowsky, Farrell ^f,g   Hughes, Michael J ^g   Bardossy, Ana C ^f,g   Oakley, Lisa P ^f,g   Jacobs, Jesica R ^f,g   Stone, Nimalie D ^g   Reddy, Sujan C ^g   Jernigan, John A ^g   Honein, Margaret A ^g   Clark, Thomas A ^h   Duchin, Jeffrey S ^a,b   more..

^a Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Evergreen Women's Health Center   (United States)

^d Washington State Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g COVID 19 Emergency Response ^*  (United States)

^h Laboratory Leadership Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WASHINGTON; BETACORONAVIRUS; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PANDEMIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85083109044     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2005412     Document Type: Article

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