Outbreak report of SARS-CoV-2 infection by airborne transmission: Epidemiologic and molecular evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It has been shown that the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs mainly by air, and the risk of infection is greater in closed spaces.

Objective

To describe the epidemiology, virology and molecular characterization of a COVID-19 outbreak at a closed vaccination point during the third wave of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia.

Materials and methods

Diagnostic tests, interviews, sampling, cell cultures and viral sequencing were carried out, the latter being molecular characterization and lineage identification.

Results

Seven workers were positive for SARS-CoV-2; among these, 3 samples were analyzed, plus an additional sample belonging to the mother of the presumed index case; all samples were identified with lineage B.1.625, with a maximum of 2 nucleotides differen

SUBMITTER: Navas MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10501502 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature