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- Title
Using Serologic Testing to Assess the Effectiveness of Outbreak Control Efforts, Serial Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing, and Cohorting of Positive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Patients in a Skilled Nursing Facility.
- Authors
Dora, Amy V; Winnett, Alexander; Fulcher, Jennifer A; Sohn, Linda; Calub, Feliza; Lee-Chang, Ian; Ghadishah, Elham; Schwartzman, William A; Beenhouwer, David O; Vallone, John; Graber, Christopher J; Goetz, Matthew Bidwell; Bhattacharya, Debika
- Abstract
We characterized serology following a nursing home outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) where residents were serially tested by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and positive residents were cohorted. When tested 46–76 days later, 24 of 26 RT-PCR–positive residents were seropositive; none of the 124 RT-PCR–negative residents had confirmed seropositivity, supporting serial SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR testing and cohorting in nursing homes.
- Subjects
EVALUATION of medical care; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; COVID-19; SEROLOGY; NURSING care facilities; CLINICAL medicine; COVID-19 testing; POLYMERASE chain reaction; LONG-term health care
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 73, Issue 3, p545
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa1286