Hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK's first COVID-19 pandemic wave

Affiliations

¹ Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YE, UK. Electronic address: jonathan.read@lancaster.ac.uk.
² Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁶ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁷ National Infection Service, Public Health England, UK.
⁸ Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK.
⁹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹⁰ Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹¹ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Jonathan M Read et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 18;398(10305):1037-1038.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01786-4. Epub 2021 Aug 13.

¹ Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YE, UK. Electronic address: jonathan.read@lancaster.ac.uk.
² Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁵ Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁶ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁷ National Infection Service, Public Health England, UK.
⁸ Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Nottingham, UK.
⁹ National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
¹⁰ Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹¹ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

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