Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of a Large SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility in Catalonia, Spain

Epidemiological and Genomic Analysis of a Large SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in a Long-Term Care Facility in Catalonia, Spain

ABSTRACT Limiting outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is a cornerstone strategy to avoid an excess of COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality and to reduce its burden on the health system. We studied a large outbreak that occurred at an LTCF, combining methods of classical and genomic ep...

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Main Authors: Antoni E. Bordoy, Xavier Vallès, Anna Not, Álvaro Chiner-Oms, Verónica Saludes, Judit Torres Cervós, Anna Roset Roig, Concha Juan-Andres, Helena Sureda, Vanessa Pardo-Amil, Irene García, Gemma Guitart Rossell, Laura Cambra Cibeira, Cristina Casañ, Montserrat Giménez, Ignacio Blanco, Manuela Torres-Puente, Irving Cancino-Muñoz, Fernando González-Candelas, Iñaki Comas, Elisa Martró
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-12-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
residential facilities
occupational risk
transmission
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00346-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00346-22

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