Reconstruction of transmission chains of SARS-CoV-2 amidst multiple outbreaks in a geriatric acute-care hospital: a combined retrospective epidemiological and genomic study

Reconstruction of transmission chains of SARS-CoV-2 amidst multiple outbreaks in a geriatric acute-care hospital: a combined retrospective epidemiological and genomic study

Background: There is ongoing uncertainty regarding transmission chains and the respective roles of healthcare workers (HCWs) and elderly patients in nosocomial outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in geriatric settings. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohor...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Abbas, Anne Cori, Samuel Cordey, Florian Laubscher, Tomás Robalo Nunes, Ashleigh Myall, Julien Salamun, Philippe Huber, Dina Zekry, Virginie Prendki, Anne Iten, Laure Vieux, Valérie Sauvan, Christophe E Graf, Stephan Harbarth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2022-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
nosocomial outbreaks
transmission dynamics
geriatric hospitals
healthcare-associated infection
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/76854

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