SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Serologic Responses Among Military Personnel Deployed on the USNS COMFORT to New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tahaniyat LalaniTida K LeeEric D LaingAndrew RitterElizabeth CooperMelissa LeeMatthew BakerTyler BaldinoTerrance McadooShreshta PhogatEmily SamuelsHuy NguyenChristopher C BroderNusrat EpsiStephanie A RichardTyler E WarkentienEugene V MillarTimothy BurgessKarl C Kronmann

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

We observed a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among USNS COMFORT crewmembers despite the inherent risk of a shipboard deployment to an area with high rates of community transmission. Our findings suggest that early infection control measures mitigated the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among crewmembers.

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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mental health
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