Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study
<br><strong>Background<br></strong> The burden and influence of health-care associated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is unknown. We aimed to examine the use of rapid SARS-CoV-2 sequencing combined with detailed epidemiological analysi...
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| author | Meredith, LW Hamilton, WL Warne, B Houldcroft, CJ Hosmillo, M Jahun, AS Curran, MD Parmar, S Caller, LG Caddy, SL Khokhar, FA Yakovleva, A Hall, G Feltwell, T Forrest, S Sridhar, S Weekes, MP Baker, S Brown, N Moore, E Popay, A Roddick, I Reacher, M Gouliouris, T Peacock, SJ Dougan, G Török, ME Goodfellow, I |
| author_facet | Meredith, LW Hamilton, WL Warne, B Houldcroft, CJ Hosmillo, M Jahun, AS Curran, MD Parmar, S Caller, LG Caddy, SL Khokhar, FA Yakovleva, A Hall, G Feltwell, T Forrest, S Sridhar, S Weekes, MP Baker, S Brown, N Moore, E Popay, A Roddick, I Reacher, M Gouliouris, T Peacock, SJ Dougan, G Török, ME Goodfellow, I |
| author_sort | Meredith, LW |
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| description | <br><strong>Background<br></strong>
The burden and influence of health-care associated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is unknown. We aimed to examine the use of rapid SARS-CoV-2 sequencing combined with detailed epidemiological analysis to investigate health-care associated SARS-CoV-2 infections and inform infection control measures.
<br><strong>Methods<br></strong>
In this prospective surveillance study, we set up rapid SARS-CoV-2 nanopore sequencing from PCR-positive diagnostic samples collected from our hospital (Cambridge, UK) and a random selection from hospitals in the East of England, enabling sample-to-sequence in less than 24 h. We established a weekly review and reporting system with integration of genomic and epidemiological data to investigate suspected health-care associated COVID-19 cases.
<br><strong>Findings<br></strong>
Between March 13 and April 24, 2020, we collected clinical data and samples from 5613 patients with COVID-19 from across the East of England. We sequenced 1000 samples producing 747 high-quality genomes. We combined epidemiological and genomic analysis of the 299 patients from our hospital and identified 35 clusters of identical viruses involving 159 patients. 92 (58%) of 159 patients had strong epidemiological links and 32 (20%) patients had plausible epidemiological links. These results were fed back to clinical, infection control, and hospital management teams, leading to infection-control interventions and informing patient safety reporting.
<br><strong>Interpretation<br></strong>
We established real-time genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK hospital and showed the benefit of combined genomic and epidemiological analysis for the investigation of health-care associated COVID-19. This approach enabled us to detect cryptic transmission events and identify opportunities to target infection-control interventions to further reduce health-care associated infections. Our findings have important implications for national public health policy as they enable rapid tracking and investigation of infections in hospital and community settings.
<br><strong>Funding<br></strong>
COVID-19 Genomics UK (supported by UK Research and Innovation, the National Institute of Health Research, the Wellcome Sanger Institute), the Wellcome Trust, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Health Foundation, and the National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:1d64d61c-f6e7-412d-96b6-35989e19dc752022-03-26T11:10:37ZRapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance studyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1d64d61c-f6e7-412d-96b6-35989e19dc75EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2020Meredith, LWHamilton, WLWarne, BHouldcroft, CJHosmillo, MJahun, ASCurran, MDParmar, SCaller, LGCaddy, SLKhokhar, FAYakovleva, AHall, GFeltwell, TForrest, SSridhar, SWeekes, MPBaker, SBrown, NMoore, EPopay, ARoddick, IReacher, MGouliouris, TPeacock, SJDougan, GTörök, MEGoodfellow, I<br><strong>Background<br></strong> The burden and influence of health-care associated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is unknown. We aimed to examine the use of rapid SARS-CoV-2 sequencing combined with detailed epidemiological analysis to investigate health-care associated SARS-CoV-2 infections and inform infection control measures. <br><strong>Methods<br></strong> In this prospective surveillance study, we set up rapid SARS-CoV-2 nanopore sequencing from PCR-positive diagnostic samples collected from our hospital (Cambridge, UK) and a random selection from hospitals in the East of England, enabling sample-to-sequence in less than 24 h. We established a weekly review and reporting system with integration of genomic and epidemiological data to investigate suspected health-care associated COVID-19 cases. <br><strong>Findings<br></strong> Between March 13 and April 24, 2020, we collected clinical data and samples from 5613 patients with COVID-19 from across the East of England. We sequenced 1000 samples producing 747 high-quality genomes. We combined epidemiological and genomic analysis of the 299 patients from our hospital and identified 35 clusters of identical viruses involving 159 patients. 92 (58%) of 159 patients had strong epidemiological links and 32 (20%) patients had plausible epidemiological links. These results were fed back to clinical, infection control, and hospital management teams, leading to infection-control interventions and informing patient safety reporting. <br><strong>Interpretation<br></strong> We established real-time genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK hospital and showed the benefit of combined genomic and epidemiological analysis for the investigation of health-care associated COVID-19. This approach enabled us to detect cryptic transmission events and identify opportunities to target infection-control interventions to further reduce health-care associated infections. Our findings have important implications for national public health policy as they enable rapid tracking and investigation of infections in hospital and community settings. <br><strong>Funding<br></strong> COVID-19 Genomics UK (supported by UK Research and Innovation, the National Institute of Health Research, the Wellcome Sanger Institute), the Wellcome Trust, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Health Foundation, and the National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre. |
| spellingShingle | Meredith, LW Hamilton, WL Warne, B Houldcroft, CJ Hosmillo, M Jahun, AS Curran, MD Parmar, S Caller, LG Caddy, SL Khokhar, FA Yakovleva, A Hall, G Feltwell, T Forrest, S Sridhar, S Weekes, MP Baker, S Brown, N Moore, E Popay, A Roddick, I Reacher, M Gouliouris, T Peacock, SJ Dougan, G Török, ME Goodfellow, I Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title | Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title_full | Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title_fullStr | Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title_short | Rapid implementation of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing to investigate cases of health-care associated COVID-19: a prospective genomic surveillance study |
| title_sort | rapid implementation of sars cov 2 sequencing to investigate cases of health care associated covid 19 a prospective genomic surveillance study |
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