Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in English care homes: a modelling study

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in English care homes: a modelling study

Abstract Background COVID-19 outbreaks still occur in English care homes despite the interventions in place. Methods We developed a stochastic compartmental model to simulate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 within an English care home. We quantified the outbreak risk with baseline non-pharmaceutical interv...

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Main Authors: Alicia Rosello, Rosanna C. Barnard, David R. M. Smith, Stephanie Evans, Fiona Grimm, Nicholas G. Davies, Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Modelling Working Group, Sarah R. Deeny, Gwenan M. Knight, W. John Edmunds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Care home
Long-term care facility
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Testing
PCR
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07268-8

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07268-8

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