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. 2021 Jan;82(1):159-198.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.002. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

Testing strategies for the control of COVID-19 in nursing homes: Universal or targeted screening?

Gabriel Birgand  1 , Karine Blanckaert  2 , Colin Deschanvres  2 , Adrien Vaudron  3 , Pascaline Loury  3 , Lisa King  3 ; Group for Covid-19 control in Vendée
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Testing strategies for the control of COVID-19 in nursing homes: Universal or targeted screening?

Gabriel Birgand et al. J Infect. 2021 Jan.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Geographical distribution of the 50 participating nursing home in the Vendée department, France.
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