Using Virus Sequencing to Determine Source of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission for Healthcare Worker
Viruses, covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, coronavirus disease, 2019 novel coronavirus disease
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.
Nasia Safdar, Gage K. Moreno, Katarina M. Braun, Thomas C. Friedrich, David H. O’Connor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases