Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker
- 1 October 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 26 (10), 2489-2491
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202322
Abstract
Whether a healthcare worker’s severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is community or hospital acquired affects prevention practices. We used virus sequencing to determine that infection of a healthcare worker who cared for 2 SARS-CoV-2–infected patients was probably community acquired. Appropriate personal protective equipment may have protected against hospital-acquired infection.Keywords
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