Investigation of outbreak cases infected with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.640 variant in a fully vaccinated elderly population, Normandy, France, November to December 2021

Three confirmed infections with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.640 variant under monitoring were reported in Normandy, north-western France in late November 2021. Investigations led to the identification of two events linked to the same cluster. A total of 75 confirmed and probable B.1.640 cases were reported....

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Autores principales: Mastrovito, Brice, Naimi, Chloé, Kouam, Leslie, Naudot, Xavier, Fournier, Lucie, Spaccaferri, Guillaume, Plantier, Jean-Christophe, Soares, Anaïs, De Oliveira, Fabienne, Gueudin, Marie, Jacomo, Véronique, Leroy, Céline, Moisan, Alice, Martel, Mélanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2022
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8832520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35144722
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.6.2200078
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Sumario:Three confirmed infections with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.640 variant under monitoring were reported in Normandy, north-western France in late November 2021. Investigations led to the identification of two events linked to the same cluster. A total of 75 confirmed and probable B.1.640 cases were reported. All had completed the primary vaccination series. Sixty-two cases were older than 65 years. Fifty-six cases had symptoms and four were hospitalised. This investigation provides preliminary results concerning a variant with limited information currently available.

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