Integrated Genomic Surveillance reveals extensive onward transmission of travel-imported SARS-CoV-2 infections in the community

Autor: Emran Tawalbeh, Christian M. Lange, German Covid Omics Initiative, Ute Osmers, Alona Tyshaieva, Marcel Andree, Sandra Hauka, Samir Belhaj, Pascal Kreuzer, Nadine Lübke, Jacqueline Blum, Jörg Timm, Klaus Göbels, Tobias Wienemann, Andreas Walker, Janina K. von Dahlen, Phillipp P. Kirfel, Klaus Pfeffer, Claus Jürgen Scholz, Jonas F Weber, Carla Adelmann, Christiane Grice, Katrin Hoffmann, Dounia Asskali, Dirk Nagels, Alexander T. Dilthey, Torsten Houwaart, Rainer Zotz, Daniel Strelow, Lisanna Hülse, Yara Fröhlich, Moritz Pigulla, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Jessica Nicolai, Lisa Stiller, Hassan Jomaa, Hussein Haidar, Nathalie Jazmati, Lutz Ehlkes, Britta Schroer, Assia Benmoumene, Patrick Finzer
Rok vydání: 2021
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Popis: Integration of genomic surveillance with contact tracing provides a powerful tool for the reconstruction of person-to-person pathogen transmission chains. We report two large clusters of SARS-CoV-2 cases (“Delta” clade, 110 cases combined) detected in July 2021 by Integrated Genomic Surveillance in Düsseldorf. Structured interviews and deep contact tracing demonstrated an association to a single SARS-CoV-2 infected return traveller (Cluster 1) and to return travel from Catalonia and other European countries (Cluster 2), highlighting the importance of containing travel-imported SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Databáze: OpenAIRE