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letter . 2020 Aug 28:ciaa1270. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1270
Outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home associated with aerosol transmission as a result of inadequate ventilation
Peter de Man
1,✉, Sunita Paltansing
1, David S Y Ong
1,2, Norbert Vaessen
1, Gerard van Nielen
1, Johannes G M Koeleman
1
Peter de Man
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Sunita Paltansing
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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David S Y Ong
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2
Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Norbert Vaessen
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Gerard van Nielen
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Johannes G M Koeleman
1
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2
Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Corresponding author: P. de Man, MD PhD, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland, 3045 PM Rotterdam, The Netherlands, p.deman@franciscus.nl, telephone +31654942796
Received 2020 Aug 7.
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