Summary
The increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the community has posed a significant epidemic pressure on healthcare settings. When healthcare workers (HCWs) acquire COVID-19, contact tracing and epidemiological investigation might not be adequate for determining the source of transmission. Here, we report a phylogenetic investigation involving two infected HCWs and nine patients to determine whether patient-to-HCW transmission had occurred in a hospital without a previous COVID-19 outbreak. This is the first study to apply phylogenomics to investigate suspected nosocomial transmission in a region with low prevalence of COVID-19. Our results do not support the occurrence of direct patient-to-HCW transmission.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, whole-genome sequencing, SARS-CoV-2, Healthcare workers, Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, hospital, nosocomial, Contact tracing, Transmission, healthcare worker, Epidemic, COVID-19 outbreak, HCWs, healthcare, Patient, Community, epidemiological, Phylogenetic, HCW, Support, Occurrence, occurred, nine, determine, prevalence of COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 healthcare worker, COVID-19 disease,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, whole-genome sequencing, SARS-CoV-2, Healthcare workers, Epidemiology, Phylogenomics, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, hospital, nosocomial, Contact tracing, Transmission, healthcare worker, Epidemic, COVID-19 outbreak, HCWs, healthcare, Patient, Community, epidemiological, Phylogenetic, HCW, Support, Occurrence, occurred, nine, determine, prevalence of COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 healthcare worker, COVID-19 disease,