Findings from a case-control investigation of symptomatic outpatients from 11 US health
care facilities found that close contact with persons with known COVID-19 or going to …

Among children and adolescents aged< 18 years in Mississippi, close contact with persons
with COVID-19 and gatherings with persons outside the household and lack of consistent …

Background Work-related exposures play an important role in severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission, yet few studies have compared SARS …

Background: Knowledge on the settings and activities associated with a higher risk of SARS-
CoV-2 transmission is essential to inform decision-making. We thus designed a case-control …

Objectives: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, several outbreaks were linked with facilities
employing essential workers, such as long-term care facilities and meat and poultry …

Background Surveillance systems lack detailed occupational exposure information from
workers with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The …

Objectives Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, which
causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is spread primarily through exposure to …

Noroviruses (NoVs) cause over 90% of non-bacterial gastroenteritis outbreaks in adults and
children in developed countries. Therefore, there is a need for approaches to mitigate the …

1 Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, has killed hundreds of
thousands of Americans. Although physical distancing measures played a key role in …

Plastic barriers physically separate queuing passengers in airport security check areas as a
measure against aerosol transmission. However, this may create “canyons” that interfere …