id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-291810-eq7pjltx Reusken, Chantal B Rapid assessment of regional SARS-CoV-2 community transmission through a convenience sample of healthcare workers, the Netherlands, March 2020 2020-03-26 .txt text/plain 1885 105 57 To rapidly assess possible community transmission in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, healthcare workers (HCW) with mild respiratory complaints and without epidemiological link (contact with confirmed case or visited areas with active circulation) were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To rapidly assess possible community transmission in Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, healthcare workers (HCW) with mild respiratory complaints and without epidemiological link (contact with confirmed case or visited areas with active circulation) were tested for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Furthermore, in hospital B in Breda, which has offered low-threshold testing for employees with respiratory complaints since 2 March 2020, several healthcare workers (HCW) had tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A focus on HCW would simplify sampling, at such short notice, of adequate numbers of people with mild respiratory symptoms (coughing and/or sore throat and/or common cold) and without a known epidemiological link for SARS-CoV-2 exposure (travel to high-risk areas, close contact with confirmed case). ./cache/cord-291810-eq7pjltx.txt ./txt/cord-291810-eq7pjltx.txt