TY - JOUR AU - Koopsen, Jelle AU - van Ewijk, Catharina AU - Bavalia, Roisin AU - Cornelissen, Akke AU - Bruisten, Sylvia AU - de Gee, Floor AU - Han, Alvin AU - de Jong, Maarten AU - de Jong, Menno AU - Jonges, Marcel AU - Khawaja, Norin AU - Koene, Fleur M.H.P.A. AU - van der Lubben, Mariken AU - Mikulic, Iris AU - Rebers, Sjoerd P.H. AU - Russell, Colin AU - Schinkel, Janke AU - Schreijer, Anja J.M. AU - den Uil, Judith AU - Welkers, Matthijs R.A. AU - Leenstra, Tjalling T1 - Epidemiologic and Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Superspreading Event in Nightclub, the Netherlands, June 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 5 SP - 1012 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 superspreading event in the Netherlands after distancing rules were lifted in nightclubs, despite requiring a negative test or vaccination. This occurrence illustrates the potential for rapid dissemination of variants in largely unvaccinated populations under such conditions. We detected subsequent community transmission of this strain. KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - superspreading KW - outbreaks KW - phylogenetics KW - Amsterdam KW - the Netherlands DO - 10.3201/eid2805.212019 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/5/21-2019_article ER - End of Reference