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Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between healthcare workers during a period of diminished community prevalence of COVID-19

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Previously, we showed that 3% (31/1032)of asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge, UK, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in April 2020. About 15% (26/169) HCWs with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (Rivett et al., 2020). Here, we show that the proportion of both asymptomatic and symptomatic HCWs testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 rapidly declined to near-zero between 25th April and 24th May 2020, correspon...

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10.7554/elife.59391

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eLife Sciences Publications
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Volume:
9
Article number:
e59391
Publication date:
2020-06-30
Acceptance date:
2020-06-19
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2050-084X
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2050-084X
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32558644
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English
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1125987
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pubs:1125987
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2021-08-06

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