Lessons From Mass-Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in San Francisco
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Open Access
- 20 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 72 (11) , 2018-2020
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 can cause significant mortality in the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCF). We describe 4 LTCF outbreaks where mass testing identified a high proportion of asymptomatic infections (4%–41% in healthcare workers and 20%–75% in residents), indicating that symptom-based screening alone is insufficient for monitoring for COVID-19 transmission.Keywords
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