Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
List of authors.
Temet M. McMichael, Ph.D., Dustin W. Currie, Ph.D., Shauna Clark, R.N., Sargis Pogosjans, M.P.H., Meagan Kay, D.V.M., Noah G. Schwartz, M.D., James Lewis, M.D., Atar Baer, Ph.D., Vance Kawakami, D.V.M., Margaret D. Lukoff, M.D., Jessica Ferro, M.P.H., Claire Brostrom-Smith, M.S.N., et al., for the Public Health–Seattle and King County, EvergreenHealth, and CDC COVID-19 Investigation Team*
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Long-term care facilities are high-risk settings for severe outcomes from outbreaks of Covid-19, owing to both the advanced age and frequent chronic underlying health conditions of the residents and the movement of health care personnel among facilities in a region.