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Viral genetic sequencing identifies staff transmission of COVID-19 is important in a community hospital outbreak

2021-02-19 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundWe have successfully used whole-genome sequencing to provide additional information for transmission pathways in infectious spread. We report and interpret genomic sequencing results in clinical context from a large outbreak of COVID-19 with 46 cases across staff and patients in a community hospital in the UK. MethodsFollowing multiple symptomatic cases within a two-week period, all staff and patients were screened by RT-PCR and staff subsequently had serology tests. ResultsThirty st...

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