COVID-19 Clusters in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of Facility Characteristics and Vaccination on Cluster Occurrence, Duration and Severity
COVID-19 severely affected nursing home residents from March 2020 onwards in Belgium. This study aimed to model the impact of vaccination and facility characteristics on cluster occurrence, duration and severity in this setting. Possible clusters were identified between June 2020 and January 2022, based on the Belgian COVID-19 surveillance in nursing homes. Median attack rates (AR) among residents and staff, case hospitalization rates (CHR) and case fatality rates (CFR) were calculated. A negative binomial model was used to identify the association between nursing home characteristics and the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | long-term care facilities / SARS-CoV-2 / clusters / vaccination / infection prevention |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26512637 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/v15010232 |