Interventional Study of Nonpharmaceutical Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Aboard Cruise Ships

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mouchtouri, Varvara A. ; Kourentis, Leonidas ; Anagnostopoulos, Lemonia ; Koureas, Michalis ; Kyritsi, Maria ; Kontouli, Katerina Maria ; Kalala, Fani ; Speletas, Mattheos ; Hadjichristodoulou, Christos
• Description:
  Cruise ships carrying COVID-19-vaccinated populations applied near-identical nonpharmaceutical measures during July-November 2021; passenger masking was not applied on 2 ships. Infection risk for masked passengers was 14.58 times lower than for unmasked passengers and 19.61 times lower than in the community. Unmasked passengers' risk was slightly lower than community risk.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Humans Masks SARS-CoV-2 Ships Travel
• Keywords:
  Antibodies Coronavirus Cruise Europe Facemask FFP2 Investigation Isolation Mask N95 Nonpharmaceutical Measures Outbreak Physical Distancing Quarantine Respiratory Infections Sanitation Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Ship Surveillance Travel Vaccine Vessel Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(5):1030-1033
• Pubmed ID:
  38666667
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11060450
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:16ad70ee0e865aae530d624f776d3d543dc7c68d2f22274b9b5564bac0c7af13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/154865/cdc_154865_DS1.pdf
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