Publications by authors named "Niamh M Tumelty"
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- The study assessed the effectiveness of a 14-day quarantine for travelers returning to England during the Summer of 2020 to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
- Researchers analyzed 4,207 travel-related cases and found that quarantine helped lower contact rates, especially among the 16-20 age group.
- It was noted that fewer cases were linked to travelers from countries with quarantine rules, indicating that while quarantine reduces transmission, it doesn't fully eliminate the risk of spreading the virus.
We reviewed all genomic epidemiology studies on COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) that had been published to date. We found that staff and residents were usually infected with identical, or near identical, SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Outbreaks usually involved one predominant cluster, and the same lineages persisted in LTCFs despite infection control measures.
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