Integrated Genomic Surveillance reveals extensive onward transmission of travel-imported SARS-CoV-2 infections in the community
Torsten Houwaart(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Samir Belhaj(Gesundheitsamt), Emran Tawalbeh(Gesundheitsamt), Dirk Nagels(Gesundheitsamt), Patrick Finzer(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Yara Fröhlich(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Assia Benmoumene(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Dounia Asskali(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Hussein Haidar(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Janina von Dahlen(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Jessica Nicolai(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Lisa Stiller, Jacqueline Blum, Christian E. Lange, Carla Adelmann(Gesundheitsamt), Britta Schroer(Gesundheitsamt), Ute Osmers(Synlab Czech (Czechia)), Christiane Grice(Synlab Czech (Czechia)), Phillipp Kirfel(Synlab Czech (Czechia)), Hassan Jomaa(Synlab Czech (Czechia)), Daniel Strelow(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Lisanna Hülse(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Moritz Pigulla(Gesundheitsamt), Pascal Kreuzer(Gesundheitsamt), Alona Tyshaieva(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Jonas Weber(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Tobias Wienemann(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Malte Kohns Vasconcelos(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Katrin Hoffmann(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Nadine Lübke(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Sandra Hauka(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Marcel Andrée(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Claus Jürgen Scholz(Laboratory Dr. Wisplinghoff), Nathalie Jazmati(Laboratory Dr. Wisplinghoff), Klaus Göbels(Gesundheitsamt), Rainer B. Zotz(Laboratory Dr. Wisplinghoff), Klaus Pfeffer(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Jörg Timm(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Lutz Ehlkes(Gesundheitsamt), Andreas Walker(Düsseldorf University Hospital), Alexander Dilthey(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), German COVID-19 OMICS Initiative (DeCOI)
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Abstract
Abstract Integration of genomic surveillance with contact tracing provides a powerful tool for the reconstruction of person-to-person pathogen transmission chains. We report two large clusters of SARS-CoV-2 cases (“Delta” clade, 110 cases combined) detected in July 2021 by Integrated Genomic Surveillance in Düsseldorf. Structured interviews and deep contact tracing demonstrated an association to a single SARS-CoV-2 infected return traveller (Cluster 1) and to return travel from Catalonia and other European countries (Cluster 2), highlighting the importance of containing travel-imported SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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