Respiratory viral infections in patients with cancer or undergoing hematopoietic cell transplant

DR Hijano, G Maron, RT Hayden - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Survival rates for pediatric cancer have steadily improved over time but it remains a
significant cause of morbidity and mortality among children. Infections are a major …

COVID-19 in health-care workers in three hospitals in the south of the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

RS Sikkema, SD Pas, DF Nieuwenhuijse… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background 10 days after the first reported case of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the Netherlands (on Feb 27, 2020), 55 (4%) of …

Respiratory virus infections of the stem cell transplant recipient and the hematologic malignancy patient

L Fontana, L Strasfeld - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Respiratory virus infections (RVIs) are increasingly recognized as a cause of significant
morbidity and mortality in recipients of hematologic stem cell transplant (HCT) and patients …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated national scale SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance network

T COVID - The Lancet. Microbe, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) was
launched in March, 2020, with£ 20 million support from UK Research and Innovation, the UK …

The impact of testing and infection prevention and control strategies on within-hospital transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in English hospitals

S Evans, E Agnew, E Vynnycky… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is a key concern, and evaluating the effect of
testing and infection prevention and control strategies is essential for guiding policy in this …

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR positivity and seroprevalence among high-risk healthcare workers and hospital staff

C Martin, I Montesinos, N Dauby, C Gilles… - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Staff working in units that were highly exposed to coronavirus disease 2019 were invited to
participate in a 6-month study on the carriage and seroprevalence of severe acute …

[HTML][HTML] High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthcare workers in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

D Mukwege, AK Byabene, EM Akonkwa… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Among 359 healthcare workers (HCW) employed in Panzi General Referral Hospital located
in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 148 (41.2%) tested positive for SARS-CoV …

Viral sequencing to investigate sources of SARS-CoV-2 infection in US healthcare personnel

KM Braun, GK Moreno, A Buys… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Healthcare personnel (HCP) are at increased risk of infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We posit that current infection control …

The impact of real-time whole-genome sequencing in controlling healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks

RV Francis, H Billam, M Clarke, C Yates… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Nosocomial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections
have severely affected bed capacity and patient flow. We utilized whole-genome …

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) for the analysis of viral populations

M Pérez-Losada, M Arenas, JC Galán… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The development of High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS) technologies is having a
major impact on the genomic analysis of viral populations. Current HTS platforms can …