Genomic investigation to identify the source of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare personnel

• Main Authors: Sarah Sansom (Author), Hannah Barbian (Author), Evan Snitkin (Author), Christine Fukuda (Author), Nicholas Moore (Author), Lahari Thotapalli (Author), Elias Baied (Author), DO Young Kim (Author), Mary Hayden (Author), Michael Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Contact tracing alone is often inadequate to determine the source of healthcare personnel (HCP) COVID-19 when SARS-CoV-2 is widespread in the community. We combined whole-genome sequencing (WGS) with traditional epidemiologic analysis to investigate the frequency with which patients or o...