High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland

In a COVID-19 outbreak in a group of 25 twice-vaccinated Israeli travellers, the attack rate was 84%, despite negative preflight polymerase chain reaction tests. This extremely high breakthrough infection rate is attributed mainly to close and prolonged exposures during long bus drives. Masking, dis...

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Published in:Journal of Travel Medicine
Main Authors: Benenson, Shmuel, Ottolenghi, Miriam, Cohen, Matan J, Nir-Paz, Ran, Oster, Yonatan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
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Iceland
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/jtm/taab157 2024-09-09T19:46:29+00:00 High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland Benenson, Shmuel Ottolenghi, Miriam Cohen, Matan J Nir-Paz, Ran Oster, Yonatan 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157 http://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taab157/40664430/taab157.pdf https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-pdf/28/8/taab157/41959305/taab157.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Journal of Travel Medicine volume 28, issue 8 ISSN 1195-1982 1708-8305 journal-article 2021 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157 2024-08-12T04:24:35Z In a COVID-19 outbreak in a group of 25 twice-vaccinated Israeli travellers, the attack rate was 84%, despite negative preflight polymerase chain reaction tests. This extremely high breakthrough infection rate is attributed mainly to close and prolonged exposures during long bus drives. Masking, distancing and personal responsibility are required to avoid such outbreaks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oxford University Press Journal of Travel Medicine
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description In a COVID-19 outbreak in a group of 25 twice-vaccinated Israeli travellers, the attack rate was 84%, despite negative preflight polymerase chain reaction tests. This extremely high breakthrough infection rate is attributed mainly to close and prolonged exposures during long bus drives. Masking, distancing and personal responsibility are required to avoid such outbreaks.
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author Benenson, Shmuel
Ottolenghi, Miriam
Cohen, Matan J
Nir-Paz, Ran
Oster, Yonatan
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Ottolenghi, Miriam
Cohen, Matan J
Nir-Paz, Ran
Oster, Yonatan
High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
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Ottolenghi, Miriam
Cohen, Matan J
Nir-Paz, Ran
Oster, Yonatan
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title High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
title_short High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
title_full High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
title_fullStr High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
title_full_unstemmed High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland
title_sort high attack rate of covid-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to iceland
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