The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020

The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020

Abstract Background SARS-CoV-2 is known to transmit in hospital settings, but the contribution of infections acquired in hospitals to the epidemic at a national scale is unknown. Methods We used comprehensive national English datasets to determine the number of COVID-19 patients with identified hosp...

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Main Authors: Gwenan M. Knight, Thi Mui Pham, James Stimson, Sebastian Funk, Yalda Jafari, Diane Pople, Stephanie Evans, Mo Yin, Colin S. Brown, Alex Bhattacharya, Russell Hope, Malcolm G. Semple, ISARIC4C Investigators, CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Jonathan M. Read, Ben S. Cooper, Julie V. Robotham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Nosocomial transmission
Mathematical modelling
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07490-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07490-4

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