Superspreading Event of SARS-CoV-2 Infection at a Bar, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh ; Hong, Nguyen Thi Thu ; Ngoc, Nghiem My ; Thanh, Tran Tan ; Khanh, Phan Nguyen Quoc ; Nguyet, Lam Anh ; Nhu, Le Nguyen Truc ; Ny, Nguyen Thi Han ; Man, Dinh Nguyen Huy ; Hang, Vu Thi Ty ; Phong, Nguyen Thanh ; Que, Nguyen Thi Hong ; Tuyen, Pham Thi ; Tu, Tran Nguyen Hoang ; Hien, Tran Tinh ; Minh, Ngo Ngoc Quang ; Hung, Le Manh ; Truong, Nguyen Thanh ; Yen, Lam Minh ; Rogier van Doorn, H. ; Dung, Nguyen Thanh ; Thwaites, Guy ; Dung, Nguyen Tri ; Van Tan, Le
• Corporate Authors:
  for the OUCRU COVID-19 research group1
• Description:
  We report a superspreading event of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection initiated at a bar in Vietnam with evidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic transmission, based on ministry of health reports, patient interviews, and whole-genome sequence analysis. Crowds in enclosed indoor settings with poor ventilation may be considered at high risk for transmission.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • COVID-19
  • Contact Tracing
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Crowding
  • Genome, Viral
  • Humans
  • Male
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(1):310-314
• Pubmed ID:
  33063657
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7774544
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
• Place as Subject:
  Vietnam
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/100000/cdc_100000_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 921.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ea65cebeb7f6bff7bebde28742d48c85e4b6f9b6fd934eaf742c8a66740ef0e4