Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 vaccination has proven to be effective at preventing symptomatic disease but there are scarce data to fully understand whether vaccinated individuals can still behave as SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors. Based on viral genome sequencing and detailed epidemiological interviews, we report a nosocomial transmission event involving two vaccinated health care-workers (HCWs) and four patients, one of them with fatal outcome. Strict transmission control measures, as during the prevaccination period, must be kept between HCWs and HCWs-patients in nosocomial settings. IMPORTANCE COVID-19 vaccination has proven to be effective at preventing symptomatic disease. Although some transmission events involving vaccinated cases have also been reported, scarce information is still available t

SUBMITTER: Perez-Lago L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8729768 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature