%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Etard, Jean-François %A Vanhems, P. %A Atlani Duault, Laëtitia %A Ecochard, R. %T Potential lethal outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among the elderly in retirement homes and long-term facilities, France, March 2020 %D 2020 %L fdi:010077635 %G ENG %J Eurosurveillance %@ 1560-7917 %K SANTE PUBLIQUE ; EPIDEMIE ; VIRUS ; PERSONNE AGEE ; INFRASTRUCTURE SANITAIRE ; TAUX DE MORTALITE %K CORONAVIRUS ; MALADIE EMERGENTE %K FRANCE %M ISI:000527377500003 %N 15 %P art. 2000448 [3 ] %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010077635 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers20-04/010077635.pdf %V 25 %W Horizon (IRD) %X Motivated by the potential devastating effect of a COVID-19 outbreak in retirement homes and long-term facilities for dependent elderly, we present the impact of worst-case scenarios in French institutions using a specific age structure and case-age fatality ratios. The death toll could equal the yearly death toll caused by seasonal influenza in those older than 65 years or could largely exceed that, depending on the final attack rate and proportion of infected institutions. %$ 052MALTRA05 ; 056POLSAN