Multiple Transmission Chains within COVID-19 Cluster, Connecticut, USA, 20201

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(10):2669-2672. doi: 10.3201/eid2710.211196.

Abstract

In fall 2020, a coronavirus disease cluster comprising 16 cases occurred in Connecticut, USA. Epidemiologic and genomic evidence supported transmission among persons at a school and fitness center but not a workplace. The multiple transmission chains identified within this cluster highlight the necessity of a combined investigatory approach.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Connecticut; SARS-CoV-2; United States; cluster; community transmission; coronavirus disease; coronaviruses; fitness center; genomic epidemiology; respiratory infections; school; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Connecticut / epidemiology
  • Fitness Centers*
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • SARS-CoV-2