SARS-CoV-2 outbreak among staff and evacuees at Operation Allies Welcome Safe Havens

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Nurs
• Personal Author:
  Meeker, Jessica R. ; Gosdin, Lucas ; Siu, Allison ; Turner, Lauren ; Zusman, Benjamin D. ; Sadigh, Katrin S. ; Carpenter, Robert ; Dopson, Stephanie ; Saindon, John ; Kyaw, Nang Thu Thu ; Segaloff, Hannah E. ; Pritchard, Nikki ; Shahum, Andrea ; Traboulsi, Rana ; Worrell, Mary Claire ; Beaucham, Catherine ; Gandhi, Pritesh ; Winslow, Dean L. ; Rotz, Lisa ; Talley, Leisel ; Mosites, Emily ; Boyd, Andrew T.
• Description:
  We report on five SARS-CoV-2 congregate setting outbreaks at U.S. Operation Allies Welcome Safe Havens/military facilities. Outbreak data were collected, and attack rates were calculated for various populations. Even in vaccinated populations, there was rapid spread, illustrating the importance of institutional prevention and mitigation policies in congregate settings.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Health Facilities Humans SARS-CoV-2
• Keywords:
  Epidemic Evacuation Health Behaviors Infectious Diseases Refugees Respiratory Infection Screening Vaccination
• Source:
  Public Health Nurs. 40(5):758-761
• Pubmed ID:
  37462182
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11157680
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a5888f15c4c76357811fc4841ca94f7cd5a59ea2e60b1d47a76410070776a257
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/157936/cdc_157936_DS1.pdf
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