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The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020.

Abstract

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to hospitalised patients likely caused approximately a fifth of identified cases of hospitalised COVID-19 in the "first wave" in England, but less than 1% of all infections in England. Using time to symptom onset from admission for inpatients as a detection method likely misses a substantial proportion (>60%) of hospital-acquired infections.

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Citation

Knight G, Mui T, Stimson J, Funk S, Jafari Y, Pople D, Evans S, Yin M, Brown CS, Bhattacharya A, Hope R, Semple MG, Read JM, Cooper BS, Robotham JV. (2022). The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020. Research square

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