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Volume 27, Number 5—May 2021
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SARS-CoV-2 in Nursing Homes after 3 Months of Serial, Facilitywide Point Prevalence Testing, Connecticut, USA

Hanna Y. Ehrlich, Adora Harizaj, Lauren Campbell, McKenzie Colt, Karen Yuan, Therese Rabatsky-Ehr, Daniel M. Weinberger, Vivian Leung, Linda M. Niccolai, and Sunil ParikhComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (H.Y. Ehrlich, L. Campbell, M. Colt, K. Yuan, D.M. Weinberger, L.M. Niccolai, S. Parikh); Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (A. Harizaj, T. Rabatsky-Ehr, V. Leung)

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Figure 1

Coronavirus disease cases detected in consecutive PPSs in residents (A) and staff (B) in nursing homes, Connecticut, USA. The number of participating nursing homes for each survey is listed above each bar. One facility was excluded from staff testing data due to lack of verifiable testing results during PPS surveys. The results of the first PPS in residents, in which 601 cases were detected, were previously reported in (6). The probability of detecting a positive case decreased significantly (p<0.05) through PPS7 for residents and PPS8 for staff, compared with the first PPS, using logistic regression for comparisons. PPS, point prevalence survey.

Figure 1. Coronavirus disease cases detected in consecutive PPSs in residents (A) and staff (B) in nursing homes, Connecticut, USA. The number of participating nursing homes for each survey is listed above each bar. One facility was excluded from staff testing data due to lack of verifiable testing results during PPS surveys. The results of the first PPS in residents, in which 601 cases were detected, were previously reported in (6). The probability of detecting a positive case decreased significantly (p<0.05) through PPS7 for residents and PPS8 for staff, compared with the first PPS, using logistic regression for comparisons. PPS, point prevalence survey.

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