Effectiveness of rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing in supporting infection control for hospital-onset COVID-19 infection: Multicentre, prospective study.
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Elife. 2022 Sep 13;11:e78427. doi: 10.7554/eLife.78427.
Elife. 2022.
PMID: 36098502
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Capacity to respond effectively to insights from sequencing was breached in most sites by the volume of cases and limited resources. CONCLUSIONS: While we did not demonstrate a direct impact of sequencing on the incidence of nosocomial transmission, our results suggest tha …
Capacity to respond effectively to insights from sequencing was breached in most sites by the volume of cases and limited resources. …