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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Mar 10;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.212019. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiologic and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Superspreading Event in Nightclub, the Netherlands, June 2021
Jelle Koopsen, Catharina E van Ewijk, Roisin Bavalia, Akke Cornelissen, Sylvia M Bruisten, Floor de Gee, Alvin X Han, Maarten de Jong, Menno D de Jong, Marcel Jonges, Norin Khawaja, Fleur M H P A Koene, Mariken van der Lubben, Iris Mikulic, Sjoerd P H Rebers, Colin A Russell, Janke Schinkel, Anja J M Schreijer, Judith A den Uil, Matthijs R A Welkers, Tjalling Leenstra, ARGOS consortium
Abstract
We report a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 superspreading event in the Netherlands after distancing rules were lifted in nightclubs, despite requiring a negative test or vaccination. This occurrence illustrates the potential for rapid dissemination of variants in largely unvaccinated populations under such conditions. We detected subsequent community transmission of this strain.
Keywords: Amsterdam; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; outbreaks; phylogenetics; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; superspreading; the Netherlands; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Mar 10;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.212019. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiologic and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Superspreading Event in Nightclub, the Netherlands, June 2021
Jelle Koopsen, Catharina E van Ewijk, Roisin Bavalia, Akke Cornelissen, Sylvia M Bruisten, Floor de Gee, Alvin X Han, Maarten de Jong, Menno D de Jong, Marcel Jonges, Norin Khawaja, Fleur M H P A Koene, Mariken van der Lubben, Iris Mikulic, Sjoerd P H Rebers, Colin A Russell, Janke Schinkel, Anja J M Schreijer, Judith A den Uil, Matthijs R A Welkers, Tjalling Leenstra, ARGOS consortium
- PMID: 35271792
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.212019
Abstract
We report a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 superspreading event in the Netherlands after distancing rules were lifted in nightclubs, despite requiring a negative test or vaccination. This occurrence illustrates the potential for rapid dissemination of variants in largely unvaccinated populations under such conditions. We detected subsequent community transmission of this strain.
Keywords: Amsterdam; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; outbreaks; phylogenetics; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; superspreading; the Netherlands; viruses; zoonoses.