Flattening the Curve for Incarcerated Populations - Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons

doi:10.1056/NEJMp2005687

. 2020 May 28;382(22):2075-2077.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2005687. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

Flattening the Curve for Incarcerated Populations - Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons

Matthew J Akiyama¹, Anne C Spaulding¹, Josiah D Rich¹

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¹ From the Department of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY (M.J.A.); the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (A.C.S.); and the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University and the Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (J.D.R.).

PMID: 32240582
PMCID: PMC7398586
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2005687

Flattening the Curve for Incarcerated Populations - Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons

Matthew J Akiyama et al. N Engl J Med. 2020.

. 2020 May 28;382(22):2075-2077.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2005687. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

Authors

Matthew J Akiyama¹, Anne C Spaulding¹, Josiah D Rich¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY (M.J.A.); the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta (A.C.S.); and the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University and the Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI (J.D.R.).

PMID: 32240582
PMCID: PMC7398586
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2005687

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[1] Kaeble D, Cowhig M. Correctional populations in the United States, 2016. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2018. (https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cpus16.pdf).

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[3] Lee AS, Berendes DM, Seib K, et al. Distribution of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine: need for greater consideration of smaller jails. J Correct Health Care 2014; 20: 228–39. - PubMed

[4] Lee AS, Berendes DM, Seib K, et al. Distribution of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine: need for greater consideration of smaller jails. J Correct Health Care 2014; 20: 228–39. - PubMed

[5] Maruschak LM, Berzofsky M, Unangst J. Medical problems of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates, 2011–12. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics; February 2015. (https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mpsfpji1112.pdf).

[6] Maruschak LM, Berzofsky M, Unangst J. Medical problems of state and federal prisoners and jail inmates, 2011–12. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics; February 2015. (https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/mpsfpji1112.pdf).

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[8] Kakimoto K, Kamiya H, Yamagishi T, Matsui T, Suzuki M, Wakita T. Initial investigation of transmission of COVID-19 among crew members during quarantine of a cruise ship — Yokohama, Japan, February 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020; 69: 312–3. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Hatchett RJ, Mecher CE, Lipsitch M. Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104: 7582–7. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Hatchett RJ, Mecher CE, Lipsitch M. Public health interventions and epidemic intensity during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2007; 104: 7582–7. - PMC - PubMed

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