Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection at a large refugee shelter in Toronto, April 2020: a clinical and epidemiologic descriptive analysis

V Redditt, V Wright, M Rashid, R Male… - … Association Open Access …, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: There is high risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in congregate settings, including shelters. This study describes …

Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 positivity in 20 homeless shelters in Toronto, Canada, from April to July 2020: a repeated cross-sectional study

T Kiran, A Craig-Neil, P Das, J Lockwood… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: It is unclear what the best strategy is for detecting severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among residents of homeless shelters and what …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among people experiencing homelessness in Toronto during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

L Luong, M Beder, R Nisenbaum, A Orkin… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives People experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2
infection. This study reports the point prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection during testing …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in detention facility, Louisiana, USA, May–June, 2020

M Wallace, AE James, R Silver, M Koh… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To assess transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
in a detention facility experiencing a coronavirus disease outbreak and evaluate testing …

Congregate shelter characteristics and prevalence of asymptomatic sars-cov-2

EA Samuels, R Karb, R Vanjani, MC Trimbur, A Napoli - medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background Individuals experiencing homelessness residing in congregate homeless have
increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in …

Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated risk factors among staff and residents at homeless shelters in King County, Washington: an active surveillance …

JH Rogers, SN Cox, AC Link, G Nwanne… - Epidemiology & …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Homeless shelter residents and staff may be at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
However, SARS-CoV-2 infection estimates in this population have been reliant on cross …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in homeless shelters—four US cities, March 27–April 15, 2020

E Mosites - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2020 - cdc.gov
In the United States, approximately 1.4 million persons access emergency shelter or
transitional housing each year (1). These settings can pose risks for communicable disease …

[HTML][HTML] Homeless shelter characteristics and prevalence of SARS-CoV-2

R Karb, E Samuels, R Vanjani, C Trimbur… - Western Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional assessment of five congregate shelters in Rhode
Island. Shelter residents 18 years old and older were tested for SARS-CoV-2 from April 19 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 in migrant worker dormitories: Geospatial epidemiology supporting outbreak management

AW Gorny, N Bagdasarian, AHK Koh, YC Lim… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Migrant worker dormitories—residential complexes where 10–24 workers share
living spaces—account for the majority of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Singapore. To …

Heterogeneity in testing, diagnosis and outcome in SARS-CoV-2 infection across outbreak settings in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: an observational study

L Wang, H Ma, KCY Yiu, A Calzavara… - … Open Access Journal, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Congregate settings have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our objective was to compare testing for, diagnosis of and death …