Comparing hospitalised, community and staff COVID-19 infection rates during the early phase of the evolving COVID-19 epidemic

J Infect. 2020 Oct;81(4):647-679. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.029. Epub 2020 May 19.

¹ Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; Respiratory Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Electronic address: julian.tang@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.
² Clinical Microbiology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
³ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Community; Diagnostic testing; Patient; Positivity rate; R0; SARS-CoV-2; Staff; Transmission.

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