Module 2.3 – Investigating workplace-community transmission

Overview: This module investigates an outbreak at a meat processing plant using sequencing to differentiate workplace and community transmission. You can read more about this work: Utilization of whole genome sequencing to understand SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in long-term care facilities, correctional facilities and meat processing plants in Minnesota, March – June 2020external icon

Posted: 03/05/21

Presenter: Nicholas Lehnertz, MD MPH MHS​ (view bio)
Physician and Epidemiologist, Minnesota Department of Health

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Further Reading:

1. Transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in high-density settings, Minnesota, USA, March-June 2020.
   Lehnertz, et al. Emerg Infect Dis, 2021.

Additional Resources:

1. Rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 in a state prison after introduction by newly transferred incarcerated persons — Wisconsin, August 14–October 22, 2020.
   Hershow, et al. MMWR, 2021.
2. Applying genomic epidemiology to characterize a COVID-19 outbreak in a developmentally disabled adult group home setting, Arizona.external icon
   Yaglom, et al. Front Public Health, 2021.
3. SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance reveals little spread between a large university campus and the surrounding community.external icon
   Valesano et al. medRxiv, 2021.