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. 2020 Sep;81(3):452-482.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.035. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

High SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in respiratory staff nurses and correlation of COVID-19 symptom patterns with PCR positivity and relative viral loads

Paul Bird  1 , Vinay Badhwar  1 , Karlie Fallon  1 , Kin On Kwok  2 , Julian W Tang  3
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High SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in respiratory staff nurses and correlation of COVID-19 symptom patterns with PCR positivity and relative viral loads

Paul Bird et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.
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(A) Comparing positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR results in frontline staff by role. (B) Comparing positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR results in frontline staff by clinical specialty. (C) Comparing positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR results in HCWs and household contacts by ethnicity.
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