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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Jun;28(6):1281-1283.
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.220411.
Multistate Outbreak of Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant after Event in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2021
Hillary Spencer, Richard A Teran, Hannah J Barbian, Sarah Love, Rachel Berg, Stephanie R Black, Isaac Ghinai, Janna L Kerins
Abstract
Bars and restaurants are high-risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A multistate outbreak after a bar gathering in Chicago, Illinois, USA, highlights Omicron variant transmissibility, the value of local genomic surveillance and interstate coordination, vaccination value, and the potential for rapid transmission of a novel variant across multiple states after 1 event.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Chicago; Illinois; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; United States; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Jun;28(6):1281-1283.
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.220411.
Multistate Outbreak of Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant after Event in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2021
Hillary Spencer, Richard A Teran, Hannah J Barbian, Sarah Love, Rachel Berg, Stephanie R Black, Isaac Ghinai, Janna L Kerins
- PMID: 35608888
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2806.220411
Abstract
Bars and restaurants are high-risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A multistate outbreak after a bar gathering in Chicago, Illinois, USA, highlights Omicron variant transmissibility, the value of local genomic surveillance and interstate coordination, vaccination value, and the potential for rapid transmission of a novel variant across multiple states after 1 event.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Chicago; Illinois; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; United States; coronavirus disease; disease outbreaks; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
