Asymptomatic SARS COV-2 carriers among nursing home staff: A source of contamination for residents?

•We report a screening campaign of asymptomatic staff workers in elderly nursing homes in Paris.•Before the campaign, 12.1% of the employees had developed symptomatic COVID-19.•Among screened employees not known to have the virus, 32/241 (13.3%) tested positive for SARS-CoV2.•Staff carrying SARS-CoV...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infectious diseases now (Online) 2021-03, Vol.51 (2), p.197-200
Hauptverfasser:	Bayle, Catherine, Cantin, Delphine, Vidal, Jean-Sebastien, Sourdeau, Elise, Slama, Laurence, Dumesges, Nicolas, Trombert, Sabine, Ayllon, Sonia, Nguyen, Jean-Marie, Slama, Dorsaf, Medaghecha, Mohamed, Hanon, Olivier, Salmon, Dominique
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	asymptomatic carriers COVID-19 Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing homes SARS COV-2 Science & Technology Short Communication staff workers
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