Characteristics of nursing home residents and healthcare personnel with repeated severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) tests positive >= 90 days after initial infection: Four US jurisdictions, July 2020-March 2021

• Authors: Wyatt W Wilson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Kelly M Hatfield, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Stacy Tressler, Pennsylvania Department of Health; Cara Bicking Kinsey, Pennsylvania Department of Health; Gemma Parra, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Renée Zell, DC Department of Health; Anitra Denson, DC Department of Health; Channyn Williams, DC Public Health Laboratory; Kevin B Spicer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Ishart Kamal-Ahmed, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Baha Abdalhamid, Nebraska Public Health Laboratory; Mahlet Gemechu, Nebraska Dept Hlth & Human Serv; Jennifer Folster, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Natalie J Thornburg, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Azaibi Tamin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Jennifer L Harcourt, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Krista Queen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Suxiang Tong, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; John Jernigan, Emory University; Matthew Crist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta; Kiran Perkins, Emory University; Sujan C Reddy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta
• Journal Title: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | 2022-05-20, Pages 1-4
• Type of Work: Article | Final Publisher PDF
• Publisher DOI: http://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.62
• Subjects: Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Public Health
• Keywords: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Infectious Diseases

Abstract

One of six nursing home residents and staff with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests ≥90 days after initial infection had specimen cycle thresholds (Ct) <30. Individuals with specimen Ct<30 were more likely to report symptoms but were not different from individuals with high Ct value specimens by other clinical and testing data.