COVID-19: PCR screening of asymptomatic health-care workers at London hospital

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
² NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
³ the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Infection, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁵ Department of Virology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁶ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK. Electronic address: j.moon@ucl.ac.uk.

Thomas A Treibel et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 May 23;395(10237):1608-1610.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31100-4. Epub 2020 May 8.

¹ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
² NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
³ the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Infection, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁵ Department of Virology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
⁶ Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
⁷ Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cardiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK. Electronic address: j.moon@ucl.ac.uk.

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Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chow A, Htun HL, Kyaw WM, Lee LT, Ang B. Chow A, et al. Lancet. 2020 Oct 31;396(10260):1393-1394. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32208-X. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 33129387 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Asymptomatic health-care worker screening during the COVID-19 pandemic - Authors' reply.
Treibel TA, Manisty C, Andiapen M, Pade C, Jensen M, Fontana M, Couto-Parada X, Cutino-Moguel T, Noursadeghi M, Moon JC. Treibel TA, et al. Lancet. 2020 Oct 31;396(10260):1394-1395. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32211-X. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 33129388 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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