SARS-CoV-2 variants with shortened incubation periods necessitate new definitions for nosocomial acquisition

Affiliations

• ¹ Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: luke.snell@nhs.net.
• ² Genomics Innovation Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.
• ³ Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.
• ⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.
• ⁵ Centre for Clinical Infection and Diagnostics Research, King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Diseases, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom.