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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Scholarly Article (The New England Journal of Medicine, 24 April 2020) - Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility

Title:
Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Transmission in a Skilled Nursing Facility

Authors:
Melissa M. Arons, R.N., Kelly M. Hatfield, M.S.P.H., Sujan C. Reddy, M.D., Anne Kimball, M.D., Allison James, Ph.D., Jesica R. Jacobs, Ph.D., Joanne Taylor, Ph.D., Kevin Spicer, M.D., Ana C. Bardossy, M.D., Lisa P. Oakley, Ph.D., Sukarma Tanwar, M.Med., Jonathan W. Dyal, M.D., et al., for the Public Health–Seattle and King County and CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team

Published:
The New England Journal of Medicine, 24 April 2020
Available: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2008457?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article

From the abstract:
"Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can spread rapidly within skilled nursing facilities. After identification of a case of Covid-19 in a skilled nursing facility, we assessed transmission and evaluated the adequacy of symptom-based screening to identify infections in residents."