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Editor, Senior Moderator
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol
. 2023 Jun 5;3(1):e97.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.172. eCollection 2023. Resurgence of human coronavirus OC43 at a long-term care facility during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Outbreak investigation
Koji Ohyama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Momoko Aoki[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Mitsutaka Wakuda[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tomoaki Kitahara[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Chisaki Kaede[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yohei Doi[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Yuki Uehara[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
The incidence of seasonal infections due to respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has declined due to heightened public infection prevention measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We describe an outbreak of human coronavirus OC43 infection that occurred at a long-term care facility and whose clinical features were indistinguishable from COVID-19.
. 2023 Jun 5;3(1):e97.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.172. eCollection 2023. Resurgence of human coronavirus OC43 at a long-term care facility during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: Outbreak investigation
Koji Ohyama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Honda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Momoko Aoki[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Mitsutaka Wakuda[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tomoaki Kitahara[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Chisaki Kaede[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yohei Doi[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Yuki Uehara[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37325679
- PMCID: PMC10265732
- DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.172
The incidence of seasonal infections due to respiratory viruses other than severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has declined due to heightened public infection prevention measures against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We describe an outbreak of human coronavirus OC43 infection that occurred at a long-term care facility and whose clinical features were indistinguishable from COVID-19.