Dynamics of spreading of SARS-CoV-2 in a Belgian hemodialysis facility: The importance of the analysis of viral strains.
In-center maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients are at high risk of acquiring coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by cross-contamination inside the unit. The aim of this study was to assess retrospectively the dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission during the very first pandemic phase (March-July 2020) in a cohort of in-center maintenance HD patients and in nurses the same HD facility, using a phylogenetic approach. All SARS-CoV-2 quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction positive patients and nurses from our HD unit-respective... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
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Wiley-Liss
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Schlagwörter: | Aged / Belgium / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Testing / Female / Genome / Viral / Humans / Infection Control / Kidney Failure / Chronic / Male / Middle Aged / Phylogeny / Renal Dialysis / Retrospective Studies / SARS-CoV-2 / SARS coronavirus / epidemiology / genetic mapping / genetics / horizontal transmission / virus classification |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26530091 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/261587 |