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. 2021 Jun:112:119-120.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.03.019. Epub 2021 Mar 26.

Healthcare workers as 'canaries' for acute respiratory infections and pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic

D W Lim  1 , H L Htun  2 , Y Wang  2 , A L Li  2 , W M Kyaw  2 , L T Lee  3 , A Chow  4
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Healthcare workers as 'canaries' for acute respiratory infections and pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic

D W Lim et al. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Jun.
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Weekly incidence of acute respiratory infection (ARI) per 10,000 staff and rhinovirus and other respiratory viruses positivities (%) from epidemiological week 19, 2020 to epidemiological week 9, 2021 (SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses were not detected).
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