Whole-Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from Quarantine Hotel Outbreak

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Leong, Lex E.X. ; Soubrier, Julien ; Turra, Mark ; Denehy, Emma ; Walters, Luke ; Kassahn, Karin ; Higgins, Geoff ; Dodd, Tom ; Hall, Robert ; D’Onise, Katina ; Spurrier, Nicola ; Bastian, Ivan ; Lim, Chuan K.
• Description:
  Hotel quarantine for international travelers has been used to prevent coronavirus disease spread into Australia. A quarantine hotel-associated community outbreak was detected in South Australia. Real-time genomic sequencing enabled rapid confirmation tracking the outbreak to a recently returned traveler and linked 2 cases of infection in travelers at the same facility.
• Subjects:
  Covid-19 Disease Outbreaks Humans Quarantine Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(8):2219-2221
• Pubmed ID:
  34287141
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8314830
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Australia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9a54edf4bf8da1ca1fdd29da26b93c5b918be3c5eeeea9bd13f3808a7ad7fd74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108790/cdc_108790_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.44 MB ]