SARS-CoV-2 Superspread in Fitness Center, Hong Kong, China, March 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Gu, Haogao ; Chang, Lydia D.J. ; Cheuk, Sammi S.Y. ; Gurung, Shreya ; Krishnan, Pavithra ; Ng, Daisy Y.M. ; Liu, Gigi Y.Z. ; Wan, Carrie K.C. ; Tsang, Dominic N.C. ; Peiris, Malik ; Poon, Leo L.M.
• Description:
  To investigate a superspreading event at a fitness center in Hong Kong, China, we used genomic sequencing to analyze 102 reverse transcription PCR-confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Our finding highlights the risk for virus transmission in confined spaces with poor ventilation and limited public health interventions.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Fitness Centers Humans Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(8):2230-2232
• Pubmed ID:
  34004137
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8314845
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 AI151810/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  Hong Kong ; China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1eeb06af605fff17b94a86e1c47b7b55221810a426d616cd1e9caecd248392f6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108808/cdc_108808_DS1.pdf
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