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

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 no...

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Autores: Pérez-Lago, Laura, Machado, Marina, Gómez-Ruiz, María de Mar, Sola-Campoy, Pedro J., Buenestado-Serrano, Sergio, de la Cueva-García, Victor Manuel, López Herranz, Marta, Andrés Zayas, Cristina, Sánchez-Arcilla, Ignacio, Flores-García, Rubén Francisco, López Fresneña, María Nieves, García de San José, Sonia, Catalán Alonso, Pilar, Muñoz García, Patricia Carmen, García de Viedma, Darío
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:61
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission
Vaccination
Nosocomial
Genomics
Ciencias Biomédicas
3299 Otras Especialidades Médicas
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spelling Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care WorkersPérez-Lago, LauraMachado, MarinaGómez-Ruiz, María de MarSola-Campoy, Pedro J.Buenestado-Serrano, Sergiode la Cueva-García, Victor ManuelLópez Herranz, MartaAndrés Zayas, CristinaSánchez-Arcilla, IgnacioFlores-García, Rubén FranciscoLópez Fresneña, María NievesGarcía de San José, SoniaCatalán Alonso, PilarMuñoz García, Patricia CarmenGarcía de Viedma, Darío61COVID-19SARS-CoV-2TransmissionVaccinationNosocomialGenomicsCiencias Biomédicas3299 Otras Especialidades MédicasCOVID-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 to fully understand whether vaccinated individuals may still behave as vectors in SARS-CoV-2 transmission events. Here, we report a SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission event, supported on whole genome sequencing, in early March 2021 involving two vaccinated HCWs and four patients in our institution. Strict transmission control measures between HCWs and HCWs - patients in nosocomial settings must not be relaxed, and should be kept as strictly as during the prevaccination period.American Society for MicrobiologyUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20222022-01-0520222022-01-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120013reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1200132026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
title Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
spellingShingle Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
Pérez-Lago, Laura
61
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission
Vaccination
Nosocomial
Genomics
Ciencias Biomédicas
3299 Otras Especialidades Médicas
title_short Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
title_full Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
title_fullStr Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
title_full_unstemmed Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
title_sort Nosocomial Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Vaccinated Health Care Workers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez-Lago, Laura
Machado, Marina
Gómez-Ruiz, María de Mar
Sola-Campoy, Pedro J.
Buenestado-Serrano, Sergio
de la Cueva-García, Victor Manuel
López Herranz, Marta
Andrés Zayas, Cristina
Sánchez-Arcilla, Ignacio
Flores-García, Rubén Francisco
López Fresneña, María Nieves
García de San José, Sonia
Catalán Alonso, Pilar
Muñoz García, Patricia Carmen
García de Viedma, Darío
author Pérez-Lago, Laura
author_facet Pérez-Lago, Laura
Machado, Marina
Gómez-Ruiz, María de Mar
Sola-Campoy, Pedro J.
Buenestado-Serrano, Sergio
de la Cueva-García, Victor Manuel
López Herranz, Marta
Andrés Zayas, Cristina
Sánchez-Arcilla, Ignacio
Flores-García, Rubén Francisco
López Fresneña, María Nieves
García de San José, Sonia
Catalán Alonso, Pilar
Muñoz García, Patricia Carmen
García de Viedma, Darío
author_role author
author2 Machado, Marina
Gómez-Ruiz, María de Mar
Sola-Campoy, Pedro J.
Buenestado-Serrano, Sergio
de la Cueva-García, Victor Manuel
López Herranz, Marta
Andrés Zayas, Cristina
Sánchez-Arcilla, Ignacio
Flores-García, Rubén Francisco
López Fresneña, María Nieves
García de San José, Sonia
Catalán Alonso, Pilar
Muñoz García, Patricia Carmen
García de Viedma, Darío
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author
author
author
author
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author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 61
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission
Vaccination
Nosocomial
Genomics
Ciencias Biomédicas
3299 Otras Especialidades Médicas
topic 61
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission
Vaccination
Nosocomial
Genomics
Ciencias Biomédicas
3299 Otras Especialidades Médicas
description 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 to fully understand whether vaccinated individuals may still behave as vectors in SARS-CoV-2 transmission events. Here, we report a SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission event, supported on whole genome sequencing, in early March 2021 involving two vaccinated HCWs and four patients in our institution. Strict transmission control measures between HCWs and HCWs - patients in nosocomial settings must not be relaxed, and should be kept as strictly as during the prevaccination period.
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