COVID-19 among workers in meat and poultry processing facilities - 19 states, April 2020

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 69, Issue 18, 2020, Pages 557-561

  Dyal, Jonathan W ^a   Grant, Michael P ^a   Broadwater, Kendra ^a   Bjork, Adam ^a   Waltenburg, Michelle A ^a   Gibbins, John D ^a   Hale, Christa ^a   Silver, Maggie ^a   Fischer, Marc ^a   Steinberg, Jonathan ^a,b   Basler, Colin A ^a   Jacobs, Jesica R ^a   Kennedy, Erin D ^a   Tomasi, Suzanne ^a   Trout, Douglas ^a   Hornsby Myers, Jennifer ^a   Oussayef, Nadia L ^a   Delaney, Lisa J ^a   Patel, Ketki ^c   Shetty, Varun ^a,c   Kline, Kelly E ^d   Schroeder, Betsy ^d   Herlihy, Rachel K ^e   House, Jennifer ^e   Jervis, Rachel ^e   Clayton, Joshua L ^b   Ortbahn, Dustin ^b   Austin, Connie ^f   Berl, Erica ^g   Moore, Zack ^g   Buss, Bryan F ^a,h   Stover, Derry ^h   Westergaard, Ryan ⁱ   Pray, Ian ^a,i   DeBolt, Meghan ^j   Person, Amy ^k   Gabel, Julie ^l   Kittle, Theresa S ^m   Hendren, Pamela ⁿ   Rhea, Charles ⁿ   Holsinger, Caroline ^o   Dunn, John ^p   Turabelidze, George ^q   Ahmed, Farah S ^r   DeFijter, Siestke ^s   Pedati, Caitlin S ^t   Rattay, Karyl ^u   Smith, Erica E ^u   Luna Pinto, Carolina ^a   Cooley, Laura A ^a   Saydah, Sharon ^a   Preacely, Nykiconia D ^a   Maddox, Ryan A ^a   Lundeen, Elizabeth ^a   Goodwin, Bradley ^a   Karpathy, Sandor E ^a   Griffing, Sean ^a   Jenkins, Mary M ^a   Lowry, Garry ^a   Schwarz, Rachel D ^a   Yoder, Jonathan ^a   Peacock, Georgina ^a   Walke, Henry T ^a   Rose, Dale A ^a   Honein, Margaret A ^a   more..

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

^b South Dakota Department of Health   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Pennsylvania Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^f ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^h Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

ⁱ Wisconsin Department of Health Services   (United States)

^j Walla Walla Community College   (United States)

^k Benton Franklin Health District   (United States)

^l Georgia Department of Public Health   (United States)

^m MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁿ Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

^o VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^p TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^q MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^r KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^s OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^t Iowa Department of Public Health   (United States)

^u Delaware Health and Social Services   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANDEMIC; POULTRY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UNITED STATES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POULTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85084327983     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6918e3     Document Type: Review

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