Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Meat Processing Workers in Nebraska, USA, and Effectiveness of Risk Mitigation Measures

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has severely impacted the meat processing industry in the United States. We sought to detail demographics and outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections among workers in Nebraska meat processing facilities and determine the effe...

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Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Meat Processing Workers in Nebraska, USA, and Effectiveness of Risk Mitigation Measures
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COVID-19
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Female
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Food-Processing Industry - organization & administration
Food-Processing Industry - trends
Health aspects
Humans
Immunology
Incidence
Infection Control - instrumentation
Infection Control - methods
Infection Control - organization & administration
infection prevention
Infectious Diseases
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Male
masks
Meat
Meat industry workers
Meat processing
meat processing industries
Meat processing industry
Meat-Packing Industry - methods
Meat-Packing Industry - organization & administration
Meat-Packing Industry - trends
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Health - statistics & numerical data
Nebraska - epidemiology
occupational exposures
Occupational Health - standards
Occupational health and safety
Original Research
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment - standards
Risk Assessment
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Science & Technology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Workplace - standards
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