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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| ID: mdl-33849684
ABSTRACT
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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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prisiones
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Portador Sano
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Cuarentena
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Salud Pública
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Control de Infecciones
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epidemiol Infect
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España