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letter . 2021 Jun 6:ciab523. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab523
Adverse Outcomes Associated with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 Infection in Vaccinated Residents of a Long Term Care Home, Ontario, Canada
Ahmed Vanker
1, Allison McGeer
2,3,✉, Gray O’Byrne
4, Ellen C R Snyder
5,6, David A Salisbury
5, Jennifer L Guthrie
7, Samir N Patel
3,7, Jonathan B Gubbay
3,7, Matthew Morgan
1,8
Allison McGeer, MSc, MD
2Department of Microbiology, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Gray O’Byrne, MD, CCFP
4Extendicare Medex Long Term Care, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Ellen C R Snyder, MSc MD CCFP
5Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada
6School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
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Jennifer L Guthrie, PhD
7Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Samir N Patel, PhD, FCCM
3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
7Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jonathan B Gubbay, MD
3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
7Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Matthew Morgan
1Extendicare, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
8Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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1Extendicare, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
2Department of Microbiology, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Extendicare Medex Long Term Care, Ottawa, ON, Canada
5Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada
6School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
7Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
8Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Corresponding author: Allison McGeer, Rm 171, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Tel: 416-586-3123, Fax: 416-586-8894, Email: Allison.mcgeer@sinaihealth.ca
Received 2021 May 31.
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