False Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases due to Contamination by Inactivated Virus Vaccine

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A false-positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction result can lead to unnecessary public health measures. We report 2 individuals whose respiratory specimens were contaminated by an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine strain (CoronaVac), likely at vaccination premises. Incidentally, whole genome sequencing of CoronaVac showed adaptive deletions on the spike protein, which do not result in observable changes of antigenicity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 74(2022), 8 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 1485-1488

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

To, Kelvin Kai-Wang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Lung, David Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Ip, Jonathan Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Wan-Mui [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Allen Wing-Ho [VerfasserIn]
Yip, Cyril Chik-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jonathan H K [VerfasserIn]
Poon, Rosana Wing-Shan [VerfasserIn]
Tsoi, Hoi-Wah [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Raymond Wai-Man [VerfasserIn]
To, Wing-Kin [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Lili [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mingkun [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yunlong [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Xiaoliang Sunney [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Dong-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Yuen, Kwok-Yung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
Contamination
False positive
Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.05.2022

Date Revised 25.05.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciab684

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330409468