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Molecular epidemiology of large coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) clusters before and after the implementation of routine serial testing at an academic medical center in Iowa, 2020

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2021

Miguel E. Ortiz Open the ORCID record for Miguel E. Ortiz [Opens in a new window] ,
Takaaki Kobayashi ,
Katherine Imborek ,
Mohammed Alsuhaibani ,
Stephanie Holley ,
Alexandra Trannel ,
Alexandre R. Marra ,
William Etienne ,
Kyle E. Jenn  and
Oluchi J. Abosi
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Miguel E. Ortiz
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Takaaki Kobayashi
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Katherine Imborek
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Mohammed Alsuhaibani
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Stephanie Holley
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Alexandra Trannel
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Alexandre R. Marra
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
William Etienne
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Kyle E. Jenn
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Oluchi J. Abosi
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Holly Meacham
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Lorinda Sheeler
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Angelique Dains
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Mary E. Kukla
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Paul B. McCray Jr
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Stanley Perlman
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Bradley Ford
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Daniel J. Diekema
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Melanie Wellington
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Alejandro A. Pezzulo*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Jorge L. Salinas*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
*
Author for correspondence: Jorge L. Salinas, E-mail: jorge-salinas@uiowa.edu. Or Alejandro A. Pezzulo, E-mail: alejandro-pezzulo@uiowa.edu
Author for correspondence: Jorge L. Salinas, E-mail: jorge-salinas@uiowa.edu. Or Alejandro A. Pezzulo, E-mail: alejandro-pezzulo@uiowa.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 12 , December 2021 , pp. 1514 - 1516
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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