Outbreak of SARS-CoV2 in a tertiary institution, Ghana, March 2020: Lessons learnt through early contact tracing
ntroduction: An outbreak of influenza, COVID-19 was confirmed in March 2020 in a tertiary institution in Ghana involving 1 symptomatic case and 94 contacts. Influenza SARS-CoV-2 infection was laboratory-confirmed by PCR in the index case. With little to no knowledge of the epidemiology and transmiss...
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| Main Authors: | Charles Lwanga Noora, Mary Coleman, Abraham Anang, Ernest Kenu |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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African Field Epidemiology Network
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/6/1/11/full/ |
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