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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2021 May 4;1-10.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.208. Online ahead of print.
Use of whole genome sequencing to investigate a cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in emergency department personnel
Ernest R Chan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lucas D Jones[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sarah N Redmond[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maria E Navas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nataliya M Kachaluba[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Trina F Zabarsky[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Davinder Bhullar[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jennifer L Cadnum[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Peter A Zimmerman[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Curtis J Donskey[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Several recent reports have raised concern that infected co-workers may be an important source of SARS-CoV-2 acquisition by healthcare personnel. In a suspected outbreak among emergency department personnel, sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed transmission among co-workers. The suspected 6-person outbreak included 2 distinct transmission clusters and 1 unrelated infection.
. 2021 May 4;1-10.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.208. Online ahead of print.
Use of whole genome sequencing to investigate a cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in emergency department personnel
Ernest R Chan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lucas D Jones[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Sarah N Redmond[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Maria E Navas[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Nataliya M Kachaluba[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Trina F Zabarsky[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Davinder Bhullar[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jennifer L Cadnum[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Peter A Zimmerman[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Curtis J Donskey[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33941299
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.208
Abstract
Several recent reports have raised concern that infected co-workers may be an important source of SARS-CoV-2 acquisition by healthcare personnel. In a suspected outbreak among emergency department personnel, sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed transmission among co-workers. The suspected 6-person outbreak included 2 distinct transmission clusters and 1 unrelated infection.