Public health response to an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison.
Epidemiol Infect
; 149: e91, 2021 04 14.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33849684
An outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison was studied. One hundred and forty-eight inmates and 36 prison staff were evaluated by rt-PCR, and 24.1% (40 prisoners, two health workers and four non-health workers) tested positive. In all, 94.8% of cases were asymptomatic. The inmates were isolated in prison module 4, which was converted into an emergency COVID unit. There were no deaths. Generalised screening and the isolation and evaluation of the people infected were key measures. Symptom-based surveillance must be supplemented by rapid contact-based monitoring in order to avoid asymptomatic spread among prisoners and the community at large.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Prisões
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Portador Sadio
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Quarentena
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Saúde Pública
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Controle de Infecções
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epidemiol Infect
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha