Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany resulting from a single travel-associated primary case: a case series

Kirsten Pörtner; Nadine Müller; Nadine Zeitlmann; T. Sonia Boender; Wei Cai; Andreas Reich; Maria an der Heiden; Ute Rexroth; Osamah Hamouda; Julia Schneider; Talitha Veith; Barbara Mühlemann; Roman Wölfel; Markus Antwerpen; Mathias C. Walter; Ulrike Protzer; Bernhard Liebl; Walter Haas; Andreas Sing; Christian Drosten; Andreas Zapf; Merle M. Böhmer; Udo Buchholz; Victor M. Corman; Martin Hoch; Katharina Katz; Durdica Marosevic; Stefanie Böhm; Tom Woudenberg; Nikolaus Ackermann; Regina Konrad; Ute Eberle; Bianca Treis; Alexandra Dangel; Katja Bengs; Volker Fingerle; Anja Berger; Stefan Hörmansdorfer; Siegfried Ippisch; Bernd Wicklein; Andreas Grahl

doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30314-5

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OutbreakMedicineQuarantineEpidemiologyTransmission (telecommunications)Contact tracingPandemicPneumoniaCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PediatricsDiseaseEmergency medicineInternal medicineVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Pathology

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 8
Pages: 920-928
Citations: 482
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                                    Kirsten Pörtner, 
                                
                                    Nadine Müller, 
                                
                                    Nadine Zeitlmann
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in Germany resulting from a single travel-associated primary case: a case series. 
                            The Lancet Infectious Diseases
                            , 20
                            (8)
                            , 920-928.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30314-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30314-5