Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
Author(s) -
Temet M. McMichael,
Dustin W. Currie,
Shauna Clark,
Sargis Pogosjans,
Meagan Kay,
Noah G. Schwartz,
James Lewis,
Atar Baer,
Vance Kawakami,
Margaret D. Lukoff,
Jessica Ferro,
Claire Brostrom-Smith,
Thomas D. Rea,
Michael R. Sayre,
Francis X. Riedo,
Denny Russell,
Brian Hiatt,
Patricia C. Montgomery,
Agam K. Rao,
Eric J. Chow,
Farrell A. Tobolowsky,
Michael Hughes,
Ana C. Bardossy,
Lisa P. Oakley,
Jesica R. Jacobs,
Nimalie D. Stone,
Sujan Reddy,
John A. Jernigan,
Margaret A. Honein,
Thomas A. Clark,
Jeffrey S. Duchin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2005412
Subject(s) - medicine , context (archaeology) , outbreak , case fatality rate , long term care , isolation (microbiology) , public health , contact tracing , infection control , quarantine , epidemiology , covid-19 , environmental health , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , population , intensive care medicine , geography , virology , archaeology , pathology , economic growth , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology
Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from outbreaks of Covid-19, owing to both the advanced age and frequent chronic underlying health conditions of the residents and the movement of health care personnel among facilities in a region.
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