Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021.

Autor: Espenhain L; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Funk T; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.; European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden., Overvad M; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Edslev SM; Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Fonager J; Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Ingham AC; Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Rasmussen M; Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Madsen SL; COVID-19 tracing Unit, Danish Patient Safety Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark., Espersen CH; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Sieber RN; Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Stegger M; Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Gunalan V; Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Wilkowski B; TestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Danish National Biobank, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Larsen NB; TestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Legarth R; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Cohen AS; TestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Nielsen F; The Data integration and Analysis Secretariat, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Lam JUH; The Data integration and Analysis Secretariat, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Lavik KE; The Data integration and Analysis Secretariat, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Karakis M; The Data integration and Analysis Secretariat, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Spiess K; Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Marving E; Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Nielsen C; TestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Danish National Biobank, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Wiid Svarrer C; Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Bybjerg-Grauholm J; Congenital disorders, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Olsen SS; The Data integration and Analysis Secretariat, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Jensen A; TestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Danish National Biobank, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Krause TG; Epidemiological Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark., Müller L; Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2021 Dec; Vol. 26 (50).
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.50.2101146
Abstrakt: By 9 December 2021, 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have been identified in Denmark. Most cases were fully (76%) or booster-vaccinated (7.1%); 34 (4.3%) had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The majority of cases with available information reported symptoms (509/666; 76%) and most were infected in Denmark (588/644; 91%). One in five cases cannot be linked to previous cases, indicating widespread community transmission. Nine cases have been hospitalised, one required intensive care and no deaths have been registered.
Databáze: MEDLINE