Determinants of COVID-19 outbreak size in elderly residential facilities in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, April to June 2022
<i>:</i> Risk-based, exposure-driven testing appears markedly more effective than fixed-interval screening for limiting outbreak size in residential facilities for the elderly. Implementation should consider both operational feasibility and support systems for frontline staff.
Authors
- Ryosuke Omori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-1459)
- Yusuke Shimakawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4198-4785)
- Toru Itokazu
- Ryota Matsuyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7296-0129)
- Tetsuharu Nagamoto
- Gerardo Chowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2194-2251)
- Kenji Mizumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2748-6560)
- Yining S. Xu
- Takashi Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1284-0520)
- Yoshihiro Takayama
Institutions
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- Georgia State University (US)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (JP)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- Okinawa Prefectural Yaeyama Hospital (JP)
- Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital (JP)
- Okinawa Prefecture (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Rakuno Gakuen University (JP)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IJID Regions
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2025.100813
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00