Unraveling a Nosocomial Outbreak of COVID-19: The Role of Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis.
Suzy E MeijerNoam HarelRonen Ben-AmiMeital NahariMichal YakubovskyHoward S OsterAlbert KolomanskyOra HalutzOrly LaskarOryan HenigAdi SternYael ParanPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
These results underscore the important added value of using whole-genome sequencing in epidemiological investigations as it may reveal unexpected connections between cases and aid in understanding transmission dynamics, especially in the setting of a pandemic where multiple possible index cases exist simultaneously.