{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["5"],"submitter":["Koo JR"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>COVID-19 transmission within overcrowded migrant worker dormitories is an ongoing global issue. Many countries have implemented extensive control measures to prevent the entire migrant worker population from becoming infected. Here, we explore case count outcomes when utilizing lockdown and testing under different testing measures and transmissibility settings.<h4>Methods</h4>We built a mathematical model which estimates transmission across 10 different blocks with 1000 individuals per block under different parameter combinations and testing conditions over the period of 1 month. We vary parameters including differences in block connectivity, underlying recovered proportions at the time of intervention, case importation rates and testing protocols using either PCR or r"],"journal":["Journal of migration and health"],"pagination":["100079"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8779923"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Testing strategies to contain COVID-19 in migrant worker dormitories."],"pmcid":["PMC8779923"],"pubmed_authors":["Lim JT","Cook AR","Dickens BL","Jin S","Koo JR","Tan KW","Sun Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Testing strategies to contain COVID-19 in migrant worker dormitories.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>COVID-19 transmission within overcrowded migrant worker dormitories is an ongoing global issue. Many countries have implemented extensive control measures to prevent the entire migrant worker population from becoming infected. Here, we explore case count outcomes when utilizing lockdown and testing under different testing measures and transmissibility settings.<h4>Methods</h4>We built a mathematical model which estimates transmission across 10 different blocks with 1000 individuals per block under different parameter combinations and testing conditions over the period of 1 month. We vary parameters including differences in block connectivity, underlying recovered proportions at the time of intervention, case importation rates and testing protocols using either PCR or r","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-18T13:43:37.487Z","creation":"2022-02-11T15:47:56.556Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8779923","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35098194"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jmh.2022.100079"]}}