Increased transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B.1.1.7) in children: three large primary school outbreaks revealed by whole genome sequencing in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: Variant of concern (VOC) SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B.1.1.7) was the dominant strain in the Netherlands between March 2021–June 2021. We describe three primary school outbreaks due to the alpha variant using whole genome sequencing with evidence of large-scale transmission among children,...

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Autores principales: Gorgels, Koen M. F., van Alphen, Lieke B., van der Veer, Brian M. J. W., Hackert, Volker H., Hensels, Audrey Y. J., Heijer, Casper D. J. den, Dingemans, Jozef, Savelkoul, Paul H. M., Hoebe, Christian J. P. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9421630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36038845
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07623-9

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