Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units – A high risk community-hospital interface

The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium; Kathy K. Li; Y. Mun Woo; Oliver Stirrup; Joseph Hughes; Antonia Ho; Ana Da Silva Filipe; Natasha Johnson; Katherine Smollett; Daniel Mair; Stephen Carmichael; Lily Tong; Jenna Nichols; Elihu Aranday-Cortes; Kirstyn Brunker; Yasmin A. Parr; Kyriaki Nomikou; Sarah E. McDonald; Marc Niebel; Patawee Asamaphan; Vattipally B. Sreenu; David L. Robertson; Aislynn Taggart; Natasha Jesudason; Rajiv Shah; James Shepherd; Josh Singer; Alison H.M. Taylor; Zoe Cousland; Jonathan Price; Jennifer S. Lees; Timothy P.W. Jones; Carlos Varon Lopez; Alasdair MacLean; Igor Starinskij; Rory Gunson; Scott T.W. Morris; Peter C. Thomson; Colin C. Geddes; Jamie P. Traynor; Judith Breuer; Emma C. Thomson; Patrick B. Mark; Matthew Bashton; Andrew Nelson; Darren Smith; Greg Young

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020

Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units – A high risk community-hospital interface

The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Kathy K. Li, Y. Mun Woo, Oliver Stirrup, Joseph Hughes, Antonia Ho, Ana Da Silva Filipe, Natasha Johnson, Katherine Smollett, Daniel Mair, Stephen Carmichael, Lily Tong, Jenna Nichols, Elihu Aranday-Cortes, Kirstyn Brunker, Yasmin A. Parr, Kyriaki Nomikou, Sarah E. McDonald, Marc Niebel, Patawee AsamaphanVattipally B. Sreenu, David L. Robertson, Aislynn Taggart, Natasha Jesudason, Rajiv Shah, James Shepherd, Josh Singer, Alison H.M. Taylor, Zoe Cousland, Jonathan Price, Jennifer S. Lees, Timothy P.W. Jones, Carlos Varon Lopez, Alasdair MacLean, Igor Starinskij, Rory Gunson, Scott T.W. Morris, Peter C. Thomson, Colin C. Geddes, Jamie P. Traynor, Judith Breuer, Emma C. Thomson, Patrick B. Mark^*, Matthew Bashton, Andrew Nelson, Darren Smith, Greg Young

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Objectives: Patients requiring haemodialysis are at increased risk of serious illness with SARS-CoV-2 infection. To improve the understanding of transmission risks in six Scottish renal dialysis units, we utilised the rapid whole-genome sequencing data generated by the COG-UK consortium. Methods: We combined geographical, temporal and genomic sequence data from the community and hospital to estimate the probability of infection originating from within the dialysis unit, the hospital or the community using Bayesian statistical modelling and compared these results to the details of epidemiological investigations. Results: Of 671 patients, 60 (8.9%) became infected with SARS-CoV-2, of whom 16 (27%) died. Within-unit and community transmission were both evident and an instance of transmission from the wider hospital setting was also demonstrated. Conclusions: Near-real-time SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data can facilitate tailored infection prevention and control measures, which can be targeted at reducing risk in these settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-103
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	83
Issue number	1
Early online date	22 Apr 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
Haemodialysis
Infection control
Nosocomial
Outbreak
Rapid sequencing
Renal dialysis unit
SARS-CoV-2
Humans
Hospitals
Molecular Epidemiology
Bayes Theorem
Renal Dialysis/adverse effects

UN SDGs

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The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Li, K. K., Woo, Y. M., Stirrup, O., Hughes, J., Ho, A., Filipe, A. D. S., Johnson, N., Smollett, K., Mair, D., Carmichael, S., Tong, L., Nichols, J., Aranday-Cortes, E., Brunker, K., Parr, Y. A., Nomikou, K., McDonald, S. E., Niebel, M., ... Young, G. (2021). Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units – A high risk community-hospital interface. Journal of Infection, 83(1), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020

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