TY - JOUR AU - Borras-Bermejo, Blanca AU - Martínez-Gómez, Xavier AU - San Miguel, María Gutierrez AU - Esperalba, Juliana AU - Antón, Andrés AU - Martin, Elisabet AU - Selvi, Marta AU - Abadías, María José AU - Román, Antonio AU - Pumarola, Tomàs AU - Campins, Magda AU - Almirante, Benito T1 - Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Nursing Homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2281 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During the coronavirus disease pandemic in Spain, from April 10–24, 2020, a total of 5,869 persons were screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 at nursing homes. Among residents, 768 (23.9%) tested positive; among staff, 403 (15.2%). Of those testing positive, 69.7% of residents and 55.8% of staff were asymptomatic. KW - nursing homes KW - elderly KW - respiratory infections KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - prevention and control KW - infection control KW - reverse transcriptase PCR KW - Spain KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - reverse transcription PCR KW - coronavirus disease DO - 10.3201/eid2609.202603 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-2603_article ER - End of Reference