The Alpha variant was not associated with excess nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection in a multi-centre UK hospital study.

Autor: Boshier FAT; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Venturini C; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Stirrup O; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Guerra-Assunção JA; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Alcolea-Medina A; Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Infection Sciences, Viapath, London, United Kingdom., Becket AH; Centre for Enzyme Innovation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, United Kingdom; School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, United Kingdom., Byott M; Advanced Pathogen Diagnostics Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom., Charalampous T; Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Filipe ADS; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom., Frampton D; Advanced Pathogen Diagnostics Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Glaysher S; Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, United Kingdom., Khan T; Division of Infection, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health, United Kingdom., Kulasegara-Shylini R; Division of Infection, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health, United Kingdom., Kele B; Division of Infection, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health, United Kingdom., Monahan IM; Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom., Mollett G; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom., Parker M; Sheffield Bioinformatics Core, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom., Pelosi E; Southampton Specialist Virology Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom., Randell P; Department of Infection and Immunity, North West London Pathology, London, United Kingdom., Roy S; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Taylor JF; Department of Microbiology, South West London Pathology, Jenner Wing, St. George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom., Weller SJ; Department of Virology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom., Wilson-Davies E; Southampton Specialist Virology Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom., Wade P; Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom; The Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions and Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom., Williams R; Department of Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Copas AJ; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Cutino-Moguel T; Division of Infection, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health, United Kingdom., Freemantle N; Institute for Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Hayward AC; Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, United Kingdom., Holmes A; Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom., Hughes J; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom., Mahungu TW; Department of Virology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom., Nebbia G; Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom., Nastouli E; Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Advanced Pathogen Diagnostics Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Virology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom., Partridge DG; Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom; The Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions and Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom., Pope CF; Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom; Infection Care Group, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, United Kingdom., Price JR; Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom., Robson SC; Centre for Enzyme Innovation, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, United Kingdom; School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, United Kingdom; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, United Kingdom., Saeed K; Department of Infection, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, United Kingdom; Faculty of Medicine, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Southampton, Tremona Road, Southampton, United Kingdom., Shin GY; Department of Clinical Virology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom., de Silva TI; Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom; The Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions and Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom., Snell LB; Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom., Thomson EC; MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom., Witney AA; Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, United Kingdom., Breuer J; Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Microbiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.breuer@ucl.ac.uk.

Publikováno v: The Journal of infection [J Infect] 2021 Dec; Vol. 83 (6), pp. 693-700. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 02.