The limits of genomic sequencing for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exposure investigations: For nosocomial outbreak reconstruction, community exposures matter, too

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan;44(1):152-154. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.126. Epub 2022 May 23.

Authors

Liang En Ian Wee^{1

2}, Karrie Kwan-Ki Ko^{3

4}, Edwin Philip Conceicao⁵, May Kyawt Aung⁵, Aung Myat Oo⁵, Yong Yang⁵, Shalvi Arora⁵, Indumathi Venkatachalam^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
² Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks
Genomics
Humans
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Virus Diseases*