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: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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Research Letter
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522358/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34581403
https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8522358 2023-05-15T16:47:27+02:00 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 2021-09-28 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522358/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34581403 https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157 en eng Oxford University Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522358/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34581403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157 © International Society of Travel Medicine 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_modelThis article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model) This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections. J Travel Med Research Letter Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157 2021-10-24T00:40:10Z 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. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Journal of Travel Medicine
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Benenson, Shmuel
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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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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Cohen, Matan J
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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
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url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522358/
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This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections.
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