Modeling the Impact of Vaccination Strategies for Nursing Homes in the Context of Increased Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Community Transmission and Variants.

Inga E Holmdahl Rebecca KahnKara Jacobs SlifkaKathleen DoolingRachel B Slayton

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Using an agent-based model, we examined the impact of community prevalence, the Delta variant, staff vaccination coverage, and booster vaccines for residents on outbreak dynamics in nursing homes. Increased staff coverage and high booster vaccine effectiveness leads to fewer infections, but cumulative incidence is highly dependent on community transmission.

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
mental health
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randomized controlled trial
coronavirus disease
gene expression
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