A cluster of health care workers with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2

• Published in: Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 54 - 60
• Main Authors: Wei, Xiao-Shan, Wang, Xiao-Rong, Zhang, Jian-Chu, Yang, Wei-Bing, Ma, Wan-Li, Yang, Bo-Han, Jiang, Nan-Chuan, Gao, Zhan-Cheng, Shi, Huan-Zhong, Zhou, Qiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.02.2021; Taiwan Society of Microbiology. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; COVID-19; COVID-19 - diagnosis; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - therapy; Cross Infection - diagnosis; Cross Infection - epidemiology; Cross Infection - therapy; Disease Hotspot; Female; Health care workers; Health Personnel; Humans; Infection Control; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - therapy; Original; Prospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Surgery Department, Hospital; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; COVID-19; Health care workers; SARS-CoV-2

The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, Hubei, China, spreads across national and international borders. We prospectively collected medical records of 14 health care workers (HCWs) who were infected...