Repetitive saliva-based mass screening as a tool for controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in nursing homes.
Saegerman C, Donneau AF, Speybroeck N, Diep AN, Williams A, Stamatakis L, Coppieters W, Michel F, Breuer C, Dandoy M, Ek O, Gourzones C, Schyns J, Goffin E, Minner F, Renault V, Gillet L, Bureau F.
Saegerman C, et al.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Jul;69(4):e194-e203. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14280. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022.
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From 16 November to 27 December 2020, a voluntary and anonymous weekly screening was implemented in a cohort of 50,000 workers across 572 NHs in the Walloon region of Belgium to detect asymptomatic cases of SARS-CoV-2 via saliva RT-qPCR testing and using the Diagenode s …
From 16 November to 27 December 2020, a voluntary and anonymous weekly screening was implemented in a cohort of 50,000 workers across 572 NH …