Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker

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 proba...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2020-10, Vol.26 (10), p.2489-2491
Main Authors: Safdar, Nasia, Moreno, Gage K, Braun, Katarina M, Friedrich, Thomas C, O'Connor, David H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
2019 novel coronavirus disease
Betacoronavirus
Bioinformatics
Community-Acquired Infections - virology
coronavirus disease
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - virology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross infection
Disease control
Disease susceptibility
Disease transmission
Health aspects
Health care
Health Personnel
Hospitals
Humans
Infection control
Infections
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control
Medical personnel
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Pandemics
Patients
Personal Protective Equipment
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Research Letter
RNA, Viral - analysis
SARS-CoV-2
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker
viruses
Workers
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2610.202322