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. 2022 Apr;114(2):167-170.
doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2021.12.012. Epub 2022 Jan 3.

SARS-CoV-2 in assisted living: Mortality and asymptomatic infection

Marisa A Montecalvo  1 , Sherlita Amler  2 , Thomas K M Cudjoe  3 , Lori Smittle  2 , Antonella D'Ascanio  2 , Ada Huang  2 , Renee Recchia  2 , Dial Hewlett  4
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SARS-CoV-2 in assisted living: Mortality and asymptomatic infection

Marisa A Montecalvo et al. J Natl Med Assoc. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

In response to a rapid rise in mortality within assisted living, facility-wide resident testing found 42% of 182 residents had SARS-CoV-2 infection; 68% of which were asymptomatic for 14 days before and after testing. Resident testing was a critical infection control measure needed to control transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Keywords: Assisted living; COVID-19; Mortality; SARS-CoV-2.

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Fig. 1
Number of deaths and number of SARS-CoV-2 positive residents. For both assisted living facilities combined, the upper part of Fig. 1 is the number of deaths from January through April 2020; the lower part of Fig. 1 represents the number of asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 positive residents.
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