Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13-February 24, 2022

Braiden Eilers; Myra D Adelbai-Fraser; Johnrey R Collado; Miriam Van Dyke; Melanie Firestone; Angie S Guinn; Michael T Dillon; Richard Brostrom; Michael H Kinzer; Nick Muñoz; Kazuhiro Okumura; Vance Brown; Oluwatomiloba Ademokun; Ritter Udui; Gaafar J Uherbelau; W Thane Hancock

doi:10.3201/eid2909.230182

Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13-February 24, 2022

Braiden Eilers
, Myra D Adelbai-Fraser
, Johnrey R Collado
, Miriam Van Dyke
, Melanie Firestone
, Angie S Guinn
, Michael T Dillon
, Richard Brostrom
, Michael H Kinzer
, Nick Muñoz
, Kazuhiro Okumura
, Vance Brown
, Oluwatomiloba Ademokun
, Ritter Udui
, Gaafar J Uherbelau
, W Thane Hancock

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Abstract

Palau had no reported evidence of COVID-19 community spread until January 2022. We chart reviewed hospitalized patients who had a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result during early community transmission. Booster vaccinations and early outpatient treatment decreased hospitalizations. Inadequate hospital infection control practices contributed to iatrogenic COVID-19 and preventable deaths.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1939-1941
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182
State	Published - Sep 1 2023

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Humans
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Palau

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Eilers, B., Adelbai-Fraser, M. D., Collado, J. R., Van Dyke, M., Firestone, M., Guinn, A. S., Dillon, M. T., Brostrom, R., Kinzer, M. H., Muñoz, N., Okumura, K., Brown, V., Ademokun, O., Udui, R., Uherbelau, G. J., & Hancock, W. T. (2023). Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13-February 24, 2022. Emerging infectious diseases, 29(9), 1939-1941. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182

Eilers, B, Adelbai-Fraser, MD, Collado, JR, Van Dyke, M, Firestone, M, Guinn, AS, Dillon, MT, Brostrom, R, Kinzer, MH, Muñoz, N, Okumura, K, Brown, V, Ademokun, O, Udui, R, Uherbelau, GJ & Hancock, WT 2023, 'Patient Characteristics During Early Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Palau, January 13-February 24, 2022', Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1939-1941. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230182

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