Vaccine Effectiveness during Outbreak of COVID-19 Alpha (B.1.1.7) Variant in Men’s Correctional Facility, United States

Vaccine Effectiveness during Outbreak of COVID-19 Alpha (B.1.1.7) Variant in Men’s Correctional Facility, United States

In April 2021, a COVID-19 outbreak occurred at a correctional facility in rural Virginia, USA. Eighty-four infections were identified among 854 incarcerated persons by facilitywide testing with reverse transcription quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). We used whole-genome sequencing to link all infections...

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Main Authors: Rachel A. Silverman, Alessandro Ceci, Alasdair Cohen, Meagan Helmick, Erica Short, Paige Bordwine, Michael J. Friedlander, Carla V. Finkielstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
incarcerated persons
prisons
correctional facilities
vaccine effectiveness
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/7/22-0091_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/7/22-0091_article

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