Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in staff working across different care homes: enhanced CoVID-19 outbreak investigations in London care Homes

•21% of 255 staff working in 6 care homes with a COVID-19 outbreak were SARS-CoV-2 positive.•SARS-CoV-2 positivity was similar in staff with regular (18%), occasional (16%) or no (15%) resident contact.•SARS-CoV-2 positivity was 3-fold higher in staff working across different care homes.•Whole genom...

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Published in:	The Journal of infection Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 621 - 624
Main Authors:	Ladhani, Shamez N, Chow, J. Yimmy, Janarthanan, Roshni, Fok, Jonathan, Crawley-Boevey, Emma, Vusirikala, Amoolya, Fernandez, Elena, Perez, Marina Sanchez, Tang, Suzanne, Dun-Campbell, Kate, Wynne-Evans, Edward, Bell, Anita, Patel, Bharat, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Aiano, Felicity, Paranthaman, Karthik, Ma, Thomas, Saavedra-Campos, Maria, Myers, Richard, Ellis, Joanna, Lackenby, Angie, Gopal, Robin, Patel, Monika, Chand, Meera, Brown, Kevin, Hopkins, Susan, Consortium, CoG, Shetty, Nandini, Zambon, Maria, Ramsay, Mary E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Infection Association
Subjects:	Betacoronavirus - genetics Care homes Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - transmission COVID-19 England - epidemiology Genome, Viral - genetics Homes for the Aged - statistics & numerical data Humans Infection Control - methods London - epidemiology Medical Staff - statistics & numerical data Nursing Homes - statistics & numerical data Occupational Exposure - adverse effects Occupational risk Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - transmission SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Whole Genome Sequencing England London COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Occupational risk Transmission Care homes
ISSN:	0163-4453, 1532-2742, 1532-2742
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