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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Aug 6;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202322. Online ahead of print.
Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker
Nasia Safdar, Gage K Moreno, Katarina M Braun, Thomas C Friedrich, David H O'Connor
Abstract
Whether a healthcare worker's severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is community or hospital acquired affects prevention practices. We used virus sequencing to determine that infection of a healthcare worker who cared for 2 SARS-CoV-2-infected patients was probably community acquired. Appropriate personal protective equipment may have protected against hospital-acquired infection.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; healthcare worker; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Aug 6;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202322. Online ahead of print.
Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker
Nasia Safdar, Gage K Moreno, Katarina M Braun, Thomas C Friedrich, David H O'Connor
- PMID: 32758345
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202322
Abstract
Whether a healthcare worker's severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is community or hospital acquired affects prevention practices. We used virus sequencing to determine that infection of a healthcare worker who cared for 2 SARS-CoV-2-infected patients was probably community acquired. Appropriate personal protective equipment may have protected against hospital-acquired infection.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; healthcare worker; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.