Bus Riding as Amplification Mechanism for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, Germany, 2021
Autor: | Meike Schöll, Christoph Höhn, Johannes Boucsein, Felix Moek, Jasper Plath, Maria an der Heiden, Matthew Huska, Stefan Kröger, Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Claudia Siffczyk, Udo Buchholz, Raskit Lachmann |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 4, Pp 711-720 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid3004.231299 |
Popis: | To examine the risk associated with bus riding and identify transmission chains, we investigated a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany in 2021 that involved index case-patients among bus-riding students. We used routine surveillance data, performed laboratory analyses, interviewed case-patients, and conducted a cohort study. We identified 191 case-patients, 65 (34%) of whom were elementary schoolchildren. A phylogenetically unique strain and epidemiologic analyses provided a link between air travelers and cases among bus company staff, schoolchildren, other bus passengers, and their respective household members. The attack rate among bus-riding children at 1 school was ≈4 times higher than among children not taking a bus to that school. The outbreak exemplifies how an airborne agent may be transmitted effectively through (multiple) short ( |
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