Linking sporadic hospital clusters during a community surge of the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.617.2 delta variant: The utility of whole-genome sequencing.

Autor: Wee LE; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore., Ko KK; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore., Conceicao EP; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Sim JX; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Rahman NA; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore., Tan SY; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore., Cao DY; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Chan KX; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Aung MK; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Aung MO; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Yong Y; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Arora S; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., How MKB; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Tan KY; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Lee LC; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Tan TT; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Wijaya L; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Sim JHC; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Suphavilai C; Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore., Venkatachalam I; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore., Ling ML; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

Publikováno v: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 Jun; Vol. 44 (6), pp. 1014-1018. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 27.

Environmental contamination and evaluation of healthcare-associated SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk in temporary isolation wards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Wee LE; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: ian.wee.l.e@singhealth.com.sg., Arora S; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Ko KK; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore., Conceicao EP; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Coleman KK; School of Public Health, University of Maryland, USA., Tan KY; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Tohid HB; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Liu Q; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Tung GLT; Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore., See SWJ; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Suphavilai C; Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore., Ling ML; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Venkatachalam I; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

Publikováno v: American journal of infection control [Am J Infect Control] 2023 Apr; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 413-419. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 28.

Nosocomial severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission arising from a case of N-gene dropout on reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing.

Autor: Wee LEI; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore., Ko KK; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore., Conceicao EP; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Aung MK; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Aung MO; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Yang Y; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Arora S; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Suphavilai C; Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore., Venkatachalam I; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

Publikováno v: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 Jan; Vol. 44 (1), pp. 154-156. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 01.

A Zika virus-specific IgM elicited in pregnancy exhibits ultrapotent neutralization.

Autor: Singh T; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA., Hwang KK; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Miller AS; Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA., Jones RL; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Lopez CA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA., Dulson SJ; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA., Giuberti C; Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas-Universidade Federal do Espίrito Santo, Vitoria, Espίrito Santo 29075-910, Brazil., Gladden MA; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Miller I; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY 10065, USA., Webster HS; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Eudailey JA; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY 10065, USA., Luo K; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Von Holle T; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Edwards RJ; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Valencia S; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Burgomaster KE; Viral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA., Zhang S; Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, 169857, Singapore., Mangold JF; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Tu JJ; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Dennis M; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Alam SM; Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA., Premkumar L; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA., Dietze R; Núcleo de Doenças Infecciosas-Universidade Federal do Espίrito Santo, Vitoria, Espίrito Santo 29075-910, Brazil; Global Health & Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon 1349-008, Portugal., Pierson TC; Viral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA., Ooi EE; Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, 169857, Singapore., Lazear HM; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA., Kuhn RJ; Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA., Permar SR; Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: sap4017@med.cornell.edu., Bonsignori M; Translational Immunobiology Unit, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: mattia.bonsignori@nih.gov.

Publikováno v: Cell [Cell] 2022 Dec 08; Vol. 185 (25), pp. 4826-4840.e17. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 18.

Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 in deep respiratory specimens despite negative nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR: Occult COVID-19 as an unsuspected cause of pulmonary infiltrates in immunocompromised patients.

Autor: Wee LE; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Tan JY; Department of Haematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Ko KK; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore., Wan WY; Department of Microbiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Lai DCM; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Oon LLE; Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Tan-Garcia A; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Yeong JPS; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Pena AMT; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Lim TKH; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Conceicao EP; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Venkatachalam I; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.; Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Wijaya L; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore., Tan TT; Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

Publikováno v: IDCases [IDCases] 2022; Vol. 30, pp. e01611. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 23.