Healthcare workers acquired COVID-19 disease from patients? An investigation by phylogenomics.
J Hosp Infect
; 115: 59-63, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1258421
ABSTRACT
The increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the community has posed a significant epidemic pressure on healthcare settings. When healthcare workers (HCWs) acquire COVID-19, contact tracing and epidemiological investigation might not be adequate for determining the source of transmission. Here, we report a phylogenetic investigation involving two infected HCWs and nine patients to determine whether patient-to-HCW transmission had occurred in a hospital without a previous COVID-19 outbreak. This is the first study to apply phylogenomics to investigate suspected nosocomial transmission in a region with low prevalence of COVID-19. Our results do not support the occurrence of direct patient-to-HCW transmission.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Hosp Infect
Year:
2021
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Article
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