Nosocomial COVID-19 Incidence and Secondary Attack Rates among Patients of Tertiary Care Center, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Wolfensberger, Aline ; Kufner, Verena ; Zaheri, Maryam ; Zeeb, Marius ; Nortes, Isabelle ; Schreiber, Peter W. ; Vazquez, Miriam ; Schärer, Verena ; Scheier, Thomas ; Schmutz, Stefan ; Probst, Elisabeth ; Saleschus, Dirk ; Huber, Michael ; Rampini, Silvana K. ; Zingg, Walter
• Description:
  Of 1,118 patients with COVID-19 at a university hospital in Switzerland during October 2020-June 2021, we found 83 (7.4%) had probable or definite healthcare-associated COVID-19. After in-hospital exposure, we estimated secondary attack rate at 23.3%. Transmission was associated with longer contact times and with lower cycle threshold values among index patients.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Cross Infection Humans Incidence SARS-COV-2 Tertiary Care Centers
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(10):2087-2090
• Pubmed ID:
  36048771
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9514341
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Switzerland
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:96fcd1422fc2509f6a90ed2981c39fdfba428c62c4b743f9358405d2cab3a0e3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122479/cdc_122479_DS1.pdf
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