TY - JOUR AU - Katelaris, Anthea AU - Wells, Jessica AU - Clark, Penelope AU - Norton, Sophie AU - Rockett, Rebecca AU - Arnott, Alicia AU - Sintchenko, Vitali AU - Corbett, Stephen AU - Bag, Shopna T1 - Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 6 SP - 1677 SN - 1080-6059 AB - An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection occurred among church attendees after an infectious chorister sang at multiple services. We detected 12 secondary case-patients. Video recordings of the services showed that case-patients were seated in the same section, up to 15 m from the primary case-patient, without close physical contact, suggesting airborne transmission. KW - coronavirus disease KW - COVID-19 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - coronaviruses KW - viruses KW - disease outbreak KW - infectious disease transmission KW - presymptomatic KW - public health practice KW - church singing KW - respiratory infections KW - whole-genome sequencing KW - epidemiology KW - zoonoses KW - Australia DO - 10.3201/eid2706.210465 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/6/21-0465_article ER - End of Reference