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AH received funding from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: R01 AI121146-01.

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  1. Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control Unit, 75018, Paris, France

    J. C. Lucet

  2. School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA

    A. D. Harris

  3. Medical ICU, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012, Paris, France

    B. Guidet

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Lucet, J.C., Harris, A.D. & Guidet, B. Less contact isolation is more in the ICU: not sure. Intensive Care Med 46, 1735–1738 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05809-5

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