Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020

We report an outbreak of coronavirus disease with 74 cases related to a nightclub in Germany in March 2020. Staff members were particularly affected (attack rate 56%) and likely caused sustained viral transmission after an event at the club. This outbreak illustrates the potential for superspreader...

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Autores principales: Muller, Nadine, Kunze, Mareike, Steitz, Fabienne, Saad, Neil J., Mühlemann, Barbara, Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I., Schneider, Julia, Drosten, Christian, Murajda, Lukas, Kochs, Sandra, Ruscher, Claudia, Walter, Jan, Zeitlmann, Nadine, Corman, Victor M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.204443
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author Muller, Nadine
Kunze, Mareike
Steitz, Fabienne
Saad, Neil J.
Mühlemann, Barbara
Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I.
Schneider, Julia
Drosten, Christian
Murajda, Lukas
Kochs, Sandra
Ruscher, Claudia
Walter, Jan
Zeitlmann, Nadine
Corman, Victor M.
author_facet Muller, Nadine
Kunze, Mareike
Steitz, Fabienne
Saad, Neil J.
Mühlemann, Barbara
Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I.
Schneider, Julia
Drosten, Christian
Murajda, Lukas
Kochs, Sandra
Ruscher, Claudia
Walter, Jan
Zeitlmann, Nadine
Corman, Victor M.
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spelling pubmed-78535582021-02-09 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020 Muller, Nadine Kunze, Mareike Steitz, Fabienne Saad, Neil J. Mühlemann, Barbara Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I. Schneider, Julia Drosten, Christian Murajda, Lukas Kochs, Sandra Ruscher, Claudia Walter, Jan Zeitlmann, Nadine Corman, Victor M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report an outbreak of coronavirus disease with 74 cases related to a nightclub in Germany in March 2020. Staff members were particularly affected (attack rate 56%) and likely caused sustained viral transmission after an event at the club. This outbreak illustrates the potential for superspreader events and corroborates current club closures. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7853558/ /pubmed/33263514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.204443 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Muller, Nadine
Kunze, Mareike
Steitz, Fabienne
Saad, Neil J.
Mühlemann, Barbara
Beheim-Schwarzbach, Jörn I.
Schneider, Julia
Drosten, Christian
Murajda, Lukas
Kochs, Sandra
Ruscher, Claudia
Walter, Jan
Zeitlmann, Nadine
Corman, Victor M.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title_full Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title_fullStr Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title_full_unstemmed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title_short Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Outbreak Related to a Nightclub, Germany, 2020
title_sort severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 outbreak related to a nightclub, germany, 2020
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33263514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.204443
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