Three Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a Single Nursing Home over Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
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Older people in nursing homes (NH) have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a retrospective study of three outbreaks of COVID-19, occurring during the waves of the initial pre-Alpha, Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants, in one NH in suburban Belgrade, Serbia. All staff and 95% residents were vaccinated in February 2021, mostly with BBIBP-CorV, and two thirds were boosted with a third dose in August 2021. COVID-19 was diagnosed by positive PCR and/or antigen test. After the first outbreak, 80 affected individuals were tested for SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies. The first outbreak involved 64/126 (50.8%) residents and 45/64 (70.3%) staff, the second 22/75 (29.3%) residents and 3/40 (7.5%) staff, and the third involved 36/110 (32.7%) residents and 19/56 (33.9%) staff. Clinical presentation ranged from asymptomatic to severe, with severe cases referred to hospital ICUs. Deaths occurred only in residents, and the case fatality rate was 31.2%, 9.1% and 0%, resp...ectively in outbreaks 1, 2 and 3. Specific IgG antibodies were detected in all 35 residents and 44 of the 45 staff, and higher IgG levels were detected in the residents (417.3±273.5) than in the staff (201.9±192.9, p<0.0001) despite a double difference in age (79.0±7.4 vs. 40.1±11.5 years). Outbreaks 2 and 3 involved four and 23 breakthrough infections, respectively. Older individuals mounted a good immunological response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination, which prevented significant mortality and severe morbidity in the subsequent outbreaks, despite a significant number of breakthrough infections.
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COVID-19 / SARS CoV-2 variants / nursing home / residents / staff / outcome / case fatality rate / sex-related differences / SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodiesSource:
Aging and disease, 2023, 14, 1, 99-111Publisher:
- International Society on Aging and Disease
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- CASHMIR-C19 – Androgen dependent SARS-CoV-2 stimulation of hyperinflammatory response in COVID-19 (RS-7547934)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, Grant no. 200015 (University of Belgrade, Institute for Medical Research) (RS-200015)
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Institut za medicinska istraživanjaTY - JOUR AU - Čokić, Vladan AU - Popovska, Zorana AU - Lijeskić, Olivera AU - Šabić, Ljiljana AU - Đurković-Đaković, Olgica PY - 2023 UR - http://rimi.imi.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1317 AB - Older people in nursing homes (NH) have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a retrospective study of three outbreaks of COVID-19, occurring during the waves of the initial pre-Alpha, Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants, in one NH in suburban Belgrade, Serbia. All staff and 95% residents were vaccinated in February 2021, mostly with BBIBP-CorV, and two thirds were boosted with a third dose in August 2021. COVID-19 was diagnosed by positive PCR and/or antigen test. After the first outbreak, 80 affected individuals were tested for SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies. The first outbreak involved 64/126 (50.8%) residents and 45/64 (70.3%) staff, the second 22/75 (29.3%) residents and 3/40 (7.5%) staff, and the third involved 36/110 (32.7%) residents and 19/56 (33.9%) staff. Clinical presentation ranged from asymptomatic to severe, with severe cases referred to hospital ICUs. Deaths occurred only in residents, and the case fatality rate was 31.2%, 9.1% and 0%, respectively in outbreaks 1, 2 and 3. Specific IgG antibodies were detected in all 35 residents and 44 of the 45 staff, and higher IgG levels were detected in the residents (417.3±273.5) than in the staff (201.9±192.9, p<0.0001) despite a double difference in age (79.0±7.4 vs. 40.1±11.5 years). Outbreaks 2 and 3 involved four and 23 breakthrough infections, respectively. Older individuals mounted a good immunological response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination, which prevented significant mortality and severe morbidity in the subsequent outbreaks, despite a significant number of breakthrough infections. PB - International Society on Aging and Disease T2 - Aging and disease T2 - Aging and diseaseAging and disease T1 - Three Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a Single Nursing Home over Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic EP - 111 IS - 1 SP - 99 VL - 14 DO - 10.14336/AD.2022.0624 ER -
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Čokić, V., Popovska, Z., Lijeskić, O., Šabić, L.,& Đurković-Đaković, O.. (2023). Three Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a Single Nursing Home over Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. in Aging and disease International Society on Aging and Disease., 14(1), 99-111. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2022.0624
Čokić V, Popovska Z, Lijeskić O, Šabić L, Đurković-Đaković O. Three Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a Single Nursing Home over Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. in Aging and disease. 2023;14(1):99-111. doi:10.14336/AD.2022.0624 .
Čokić, Vladan, Popovska, Zorana, Lijeskić, Olivera, Šabić, Ljiljana, Đurković-Đaković, Olgica, "Three Outbreaks of COVID-19 in a Single Nursing Home over Two Years of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic" in Aging and disease, 14, no. 1 (2023):99-111, https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2022.0624 . .