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. 2021 Jul;21(7):916-917.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00251-6. Epub 2021 May 10.

Applying prospective genomic surveillance to support investigation of hospital-onset COVID-19

William L Hamilton  1 , Tom Fieldman  2 , Aminu Jahun  3 , Ben Warne  2 , Christopher J R Illingworth  4 , Chris Jackson  4 , Beth Blane  5 , Elinor Moore  6 , Michael P Weekes  7 , Sharon J Peacock  8 , Daniela De Angelis  9 , Ian Goodfellow  3 , Theodore Gouliouris  10 , M Estée Török  2 ; Cambridge COVID-19 group
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Applying prospective genomic surveillance to support investigation of hospital-onset COVID-19

William L Hamilton et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Jul.
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Conflict of interest statement

CJRI, CJ, and DDA report funding to their institution from MRC. MPW reports grants from Wellcome. SJP reports receiving consulting fees for participating on the Pfizer Coronavirus External Advisory Board and honoraria from SVB Leerink. IG reports grants from Wellcome and MRC. MET reports grants from Academy of Medical Sciences and The Health Foundation, non-financial support from the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, book royalties from Oxford University Press, and honoraria from Wellcome Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections in Cambridge University Hospitals during the second wave Epidemic curve showing weekly case numbers for new diagnoses of COVID-19 at Cambridge University Hospitals (positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests) from Nov 2, 2020, to Feb 7, 2021, coloured by infection classification (appendix).
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