Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Key facts

Disease
COVID-19
Start & end year
2020
2021
Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$85,157.24
Funder
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Principal Investigator
Dr. Gwenan Knight
Research Location
United Kingdom
Lead Research Institution
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Research Priority Alignment
N/A

Research Category
Epidemiological studies
Research Subcategory
Disease transmission dynamics
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
Not applicable
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
Unspecified
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 spreads in many different types of environments including within healthcare settings. Understanding how much transmission happens in hospitals or in the community will aid our ability to control ongoing spread, as well as to improve interventions. By knowing what factors make certain hospitals hotspots of transmission we can limit spread by targeting these factors in particular. Within this project we will use mathematical and statistical techniques to harness the UK wide data on hospital cases to understand how important transission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals was to the first "wave" of COVID-19 in the UK and what we could do in the face of any future resurgence.

10 Publications linked via Europe PMC

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Antibiotic duration for common bacterial infections-a systematic review.

The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England.

Implications of reducing antibiotic treatment duration for antimicrobial resistance in hospital settings: A modelling study and meta-analysis.

Estimation of reproduction numbers in real time: Conceptual and statistical challenges.

The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020.

Optimising health and economic impacts of COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation strategies in the WHO European Region: a mathematical modelling study.

Estimating the duration of seropositivity of human seasonal coronaviruses using seroprevalence studies.

Effectiveness of infection prevention and control interventions, excluding personal protective equipment, to prevent nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and call for action.