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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Safdar, Nasia ; Moreno, Gage K. ; Braun, Katarina M. ; Friedrich, Thomas C. ; O’Connor, David H.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Betacoronavirus Community-Acquired Infections Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Health Personnel Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-To-Professional Occupational Diseases Pandemics Personal Protective Equipment Pneumonia, Viral Rna, Viral Sequence Analysis, Rna

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(10):2489-2491
• Pubmed ID:
  32758345
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7510721
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  DP2 AI144244/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; F30 AI145182/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Genre:
  Letter
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bb7a4b299068bd775de0c2d4e1614d42507492adabd37e4774a5c45d0b156b8e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94779/cdc_94779_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]