1. Whole-Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from Quarantine Hotel Outbreak
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Lex E.X. Leong, Julien Soubrier, Mark Turra, Emma Denehy, Luke Walters, Karin Kassahn, Geoff Higgins, Tom Dodd, Robert Hall, Katina D’Onise, Nicola Spurrier, Ivan Bastian, and Chuan K. Lim
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SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ,viruses ,respiratory infections ,zoonoses ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Hotel quarantine for international travelers has been used to prevent coronavirus disease spread into Australia. A quarantine hotel–associated community outbreak was detected in South Australia. Real-time genomic sequencing enabled rapid confirmation tracking the outbreak to a recently returned traveler and linked 2 cases of infection in travelers at the same facility.
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- 2021
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