[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing to investigate transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the acute healthcare setting: a systematic review

D Hare, KM Dembicka, C Brennan, C Campbell… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been used widely to elucidate
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in acute healthcare settings, and to guide Infection, Prevention …

A population-based analysis of the risk of glomerular disease relapse after COVID-19 vaccination

M Canney, M Atiquzzaman… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Although case reports have described relapses of glomerular disease after
COVID-19 vaccination, evidence of a true association is lacking. In this population-level …

Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections and mortality during unique COVID-19 epidemic waves

N Dave, D Sjöholm, P Hedberg, A Ternhag… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Quantifying the burden of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections and associated
mortality is necessary to assess the need for infection prevention and control measures …

Identifying markers of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in patients with secondary immunodeficiency

NM Markarian, G Galli, D Patel, M Hemmings… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Since the end of 2019, the world has been challenged by the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. With COVID-19 cases rising globally, severe acute respiratory …

Effectiveness of rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing in supporting infection control for hospital-onset COVID-19 infection: multicentre, prospective study

O Stirrup, J Blackstone, F Mapp, A MacNeil, M Panca… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Background: Viral sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 has been used for outbreak investigation, but
there is limited evidence supporting routine use for infection prevention and control (IPC) …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality trends and length of stays among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Ontario and Québec (Canada): a population-based cohort study of the first …

Y Xia, H Ma, DL Buckeridge, M Brisson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Epidemics of COVID-19 strained hospital resources. We describe temporal
trends in mortality risk and length of stays in hospital and intensive care units (ICUs) among …

Surveillance for SARS‐CoV‐2 and its variants in wastewater of tertiary care hospitals correlates with increasing case burden and outbreaks

N Acosta, MA Bautista, BJ Waddell, K Du… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Wastewater‐based SARS‐CoV‐2 surveillance enables unbiased and
comprehensive monitoring of defined sewersheds. We performed real‐time monitoring of …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccine effectiveness of the mRNA-1273 3-dose primary series against COVID-19 in an immunocompromised population: A prospective observational cohort …

JH Ku, LS Sy, L Qian, BK Ackerson, Y Luo, JE Tubert… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Data on the effectiveness of the 3-dose mRNA-1273 primary series are limited,
particularly in comparison to 2 doses. Given suboptimal COVID-19 vaccine uptake among …

Severe COVID-19 is characterised by inflammation and immature myeloid cells early in disease progression

L Townsend, AH Dyer, A Naughton, S Imangaliyev… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infection causes a wide spectrum of disease severity. Identifying the
immunological characteristics of severe disease and the risk factors for their development …

Transmission of COVID-19 in nightlife, household, and health care settings in Tokyo, Japan, in 2020

T Imamura, A Watanabe, Y Serizawa… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There have been few studies on the heterogeneous interconnection of COVID-
19 outbreaks occurring in different social settings using robust, surveillance epidemiological …