SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany

Hijnen D, Marzano AV, Eyerich K, Geurtsvankessel C, Maria Gimenez-Arnau A, Joly P, Vestergaard C, Sticherling M, Schmidt E (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article, Letter

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Book Volume: 26

Pages Range: 1935-1937

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.3201/eid2608.201235

Abstract

During a meeting in Munich, Germany, a presymptomatic attendee with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infected at least 11 of 13 other participants. Although 5 participants had no or mild symptoms, 6 had typical coronavirus disease, without dyspnea. Our findings suggest hand shaking and face-to-face contact as possible modes of transmission.

Authors with CRIS profile

Michael Sticherling Professur für Dermatologie

Involved external institutions

Karolinska Institute

Sweden (SE) Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Italy (IT) Erasmus University Medical Center (MC)

Netherlands (NL) Hospital Center University Rouen / Centre hospitalier universitaire de Rouen (CHU)

France (FR) Aarhus University Hospital / Aarhus Universitetshospital

Denmark (DK) Universität zu Lübeck

Germany (DE) Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Hijnen, D., Marzano, A.V., Eyerich, K., Geurtsvankessel, C., Maria Gimenez-Arnau, A., Joly, P.,... Schmidt, E. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(8), 1935-1937. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.201235

MLA:

Hijnen, Dirkjan, et al. "SARS-CoV-2 Transmission from Presymptomatic Meeting Attendee, Germany." Emerging Infectious Diseases 26.8 (2020): 1935-1937.

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