Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Nursing Homes during Periods of Delta and Omicron Predominance, United States, July 2021–March 2022
W. Wyatt Wilson
, Amelia A. Keaton, Lucas G. Ochoa, Kelly M. Hatfield, Paige Gable, Kelly A. Walblay, Richard A. Teran, Meghan Shea, Urooj Khan, Ginger Stringer, Meenalochani Ganesan, Jordan Gilbert, Joanne G. Colletti, Erin M. Grogan, Carly Calabrese, Andrew Hennenfent, Rebecca Perlmutter, Katherine A. Janiszewski, Christina Brandeburg, Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, Kyle Strand, Matthew Donahue, M. Salman Ashraf, Emily Berns, Jennifer MacFarquhar, Meghan L. Linder, Dat J. Tran, Patricia Kopp, Rebecca M. Walker, Rebekah Ess, James Baggs, John A. Jernigan, Alex Kallen, Jennifer C. Hunter, and
Monitoring Outbreaks of Variants in Nursing Homes (MOVIN) Surveillance Team1
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (W.W. Wilson, A.A. Keaton, L.G. Ochoa, K.M. Hatfield, P. Gable, R.A. Teran, J. MacFarquhar, J. Baggs, J.A. Jernigan, A. Kallen, J.C. Hunter); Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois, USA (K.A. Walblay, R.A. Teran); Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado, USA (M. Shea, U. Khan, G. Stringer, M. Ganesan, J. Gilbert); Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (J.G. Colletti, E.M. Grogan); Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Des Moines, Iowa, USA (C. Calabrese, A. Hennenfent); Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (R. Perlmutter); Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA (K.A. Janiszewski, C. Brandeburg); Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (I. Kamal-Ahmed, K. Strand, M. Donahue, M.S. Ashraf); North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA (E. Berns, J. MacFarquhar); Oregon Health Authority, Portland, Oregon, USA (M.L. Linder, D.J. Tran); South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, South Carolina, USA (P. Kopp, R.M. Walker); Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (R. Ess).
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Figure 3. SARS-CoV-2 infection ARs and RRs per 100 nursing home residents by periods of Delta (n = 232) and Omicron (n = 279) variant predominance, United States, July 2021–March 2022. Values are given for residents who had received a primary vaccine series alone, adjusted for facility-level clustering. Resident infections were restricted to the first 28 days of outbreak because all reported outbreaks had at least a 28-day period for case ascertainment. AR, attack rate; RR, risk ratio.
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