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Reusken CB, Buiting A, Bleeker-Rovers C, Diederen B, Hooiveld M, Friesema I, Koopmans M, Kortbeek T, Lutgens SP, Meijer A, Murk JL, Overdevest I, Trienekens T, Timen A, Van den Bijllaardt W, Van Dissel J, Van Gageldonk-Lafeber A, Van der Vegt D, Wever PC, Van der Hoek W, Kluytmans J. Rapid assessment of regional SARS-CoV-2 community transmission through a convenience sample of healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020. Euro Surveill 2020; 25:2000334. [PMID: 32234115 PMCID: PMC7118342 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.12.2000334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
To rapidly assess possible community transmission in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, healthcare workers (HCW) with mild respiratory complaints and without epidemiological link (contact with confirmed case or visited areas with active circulation) were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Within 2 days, 1,097 HCW in nine hospitals were tested; 45 (4.1%) were positive. Of six hospitals with positive HCW, two accounted for 38 positive HCW. The results informed local and national risk management.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chantal B Reusken
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- These authors contributed equally to this work
- Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Elisabeth-Tweesteden hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk, the Netherlands
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- Bravis hospital, Roosendaal and Bergen-op-Zoom, the Netherlands
| | - Mariëtte Hooiveld
- Nivel, Netherlands institute for health services research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
| | - Ingrid Friesema
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | | | - Titia Kortbeek
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | | | - Adam Meijer
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | - Jean-Luc Murk
- Elisabeth-Tweesteden hospital, Tilburg and Waalwijk, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | | | - Jaap Van Dissel
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | - Arianne Van Gageldonk-Lafeber
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
| | | | | | - Wim Van der Hoek
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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