Gesundheitswesen 2024; 86(S 02): S133-S134
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1781946
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From airport to school to hospital – the story of a rare SARS-CoV-2 virus variant import

S. Sachse
1   Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKIM), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
2   Department of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
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O. E. Anastasiou
3   Institute of Virology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
C. Elsner
3   Institute of Virology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
R. S. Ross
3   Institute of Virology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
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S. C. Goretzki
4   Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics III, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
S. Goer
2   Department of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
R. Nagel
2   Department of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
M. Koldehoff
2   Department of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
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M. Savin-Hoffmeyer
5   Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Bonn University Hospital, Medical Faculty University of Bonn
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M. Döhla
5   Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Bonn University Hospital, Medical Faculty University of Bonn
,
N. T. Mutters
5   Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Bonn University Hospital, Medical Faculty University of Bonn
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A. Thomas
1   Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKIM), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
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I. Kraiselburd
1   Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKIM), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
,
F. Meyer
1   Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKIM), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
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R. M. Schmithausen
1   Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKIM), Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
2   Department of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen
5   Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Bonn University Hospital, Medical Faculty University of Bonn
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U. Dittmer
3   Institute of Virology, Essen University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen
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We investigated a COVID-19 outbreak with the first case of hitherto rare viral variant B.1.640.2 of possible Cameroonian origin in a high school in Germany in December 2021.

The full-length SARS-CoV-2 sequences obtained from the infected individuals were classified as B.1.640.1 and B.1.640.2 pangolin lineage (IHU-variant).

The index case was an adult returned from a three-week development aid residence in the Republic of the Congo. He introduced the atypical variant through his children into the school setting, which was further transmitted to a vulnerable ward in a hospital, and finally infiltrated several other Communities. These data are a further example of the unpredictability of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants, and of their possible introduction into a given geographical area and several vulnerable institutions from abroad.

However, hygiene management and crisis management strategies based on early research of clinical signs associated with self-quarantine was effective.



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Article published online:
10 April 2024

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