Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 May;43(5):657-660. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.81. Epub 2021 Mar 12.
Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is possible among symptom-free individuals. Patients are avoiding medically necessary healthcare visits for fear of becoming infected in the healthcare setting. We screened 489 symptom-free healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 and found no positive results, strongly suggesting that the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was <1%.
无症状个体可能传播严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)。由于担心在医疗机构中感染,患者避免进行医疗必需的就诊。我们对 489 名无症状医护人员进行了 SARS-CoV-2 筛查,未发现阳性结果,这强烈表明 SARS-CoV-2 的流行率<1%。