Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020
An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred among church attendees after an infectious chorister sang at multiple services. We detected 12 secondary case-patients. Video recordings of the services showed that case-patients were seated in the same section, up to...
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| author | Anthea L. Katelaris Jessica Wells Penelope Clark Sophie Norton Rebecca Rockett Alicia Arnott Vitali Sintchenko Stephen Corbett Shopna K. Bag |
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| description | An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred among church attendees after an infectious chorister sang at multiple services. We detected 12 secondary case-patients. Video recordings of the services showed that case-patients were seated in the same section, up to 15 m from the primary case-patient, without close physical contact, suggesting airborne transmission. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-509cd7ede3134d8882adfec92c6b2a8d2022-12-21T23:22:45ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592021-06-012761677168010.3201/eid2706.210465Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020Anthea L. KatelarisJessica WellsPenelope ClarkSophie NortonRebecca RockettAlicia ArnottVitali SintchenkoStephen CorbettShopna K. BagAn outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred among church attendees after an infectious chorister sang at multiple services. We detected 12 secondary case-patients. Video recordings of the services showed that case-patients were seated in the same section, up to 15 m from the primary case-patient, without close physical contact, suggesting airborne transmission.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0465_articlecoronavirus diseaseCOVID-19severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2SARS-CoV-2coronavirusesviruses |
| spellingShingle | Anthea L. Katelaris Jessica Wells Penelope Clark Sophie Norton Rebecca Rockett Alicia Arnott Vitali Sintchenko Stephen Corbett Shopna K. Bag Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 Emerging Infectious Diseases coronavirus disease COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses viruses |
| title | Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 |
| title_full | Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 |
| title_short | Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 |
| title_sort | epidemiologic evidence for airborne transmission of sars cov 2 during church singing australia 2020 |
| topic | coronavirus disease COVID-19 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses viruses |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0465_article |
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