Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021

We report detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) in an asymptomatic, fully vaccinated traveler in a quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, China. The Omicron variant was also detected in a fully vaccinated traveler staying in a room across the corridor from...

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Autores principales: Gu, Haogao, Krishnan, Pavithra, Ng, Daisy Y.M., Chang, Lydia D.J, Liu, Gigi Y.Z., Cheng, Samuel S.M., Hui, Mani M.Y., Fan, Mathew C.Y., Wan, Jacob H.L., Lau, Leo H.K., Cowling, Benjamin J., Peiris, Malik, Poon, Leo L.M.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8798678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34860154
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.212422
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author Gu, Haogao
Krishnan, Pavithra
Ng, Daisy Y.M.
Chang, Lydia D.J
Liu, Gigi Y.Z.
Cheng, Samuel S.M.
Hui, Mani M.Y.
Fan, Mathew C.Y.
Wan, Jacob H.L.
Lau, Leo H.K.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Peiris, Malik
Poon, Leo L.M.
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Krishnan, Pavithra
Ng, Daisy Y.M.
Chang, Lydia D.J
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Cheng, Samuel S.M.
Hui, Mani M.Y.
Fan, Mathew C.Y.
Wan, Jacob H.L.
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description We report detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) in an asymptomatic, fully vaccinated traveler in a quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, China. The Omicron variant was also detected in a fully vaccinated traveler staying in a room across the corridor from the index patient, suggesting transmission despite strict quarantine precautions.
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spelling pubmed-87986782022-02-08 Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021 Gu, Haogao Krishnan, Pavithra Ng, Daisy Y.M. Chang, Lydia D.J Liu, Gigi Y.Z. Cheng, Samuel S.M. Hui, Mani M.Y. Fan, Mathew C.Y. Wan, Jacob H.L. Lau, Leo H.K. Cowling, Benjamin J. Peiris, Malik Poon, Leo L.M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We report detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) in an asymptomatic, fully vaccinated traveler in a quarantine hotel in Hong Kong, China. The Omicron variant was also detected in a fully vaccinated traveler staying in a room across the corridor from the index patient, suggesting transmission despite strict quarantine precautions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8798678/ /pubmed/34860154 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.212422 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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
Gu, Haogao
Krishnan, Pavithra
Ng, Daisy Y.M.
Chang, Lydia D.J
Liu, Gigi Y.Z.
Cheng, Samuel S.M.
Hui, Mani M.Y.
Fan, Mathew C.Y.
Wan, Jacob H.L.
Lau, Leo H.K.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Peiris, Malik
Poon, Leo L.M.
Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title_full Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title_fullStr Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title_full_unstemmed Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title_short Probable Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Quarantine Hotel, Hong Kong, China, November 2021
title_sort probable transmission of sars-cov-2 omicron variant in quarantine hotel, hong kong, china, november 2021
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8798678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34860154
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.212422
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