Vaccine breakthrough infection and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant, Bavaria, Germany, February to March 2021

Euro Surveill. 2021 Jul;26(30). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100673.ABSTRACTA breakthrough infection occurred in a fully Comirnaty (BNT162b2) vaccinated healthcare worker with high levels of neutralising antibodies with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (Beta) variant in February 2021. The infection was subsequently transmitted to their unvaccinated spouse. Sequencing revealed an identical virus in both spouses, with a match of all nine single nucleotide polymorphisms typical for B.1.351. To the best of our knowledge, no transmission of any variant of SARS-CoV-2 from a fully vaccinated person has been described before.PMID:34328074 | DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100673

Source: Euro Surveill - July 30, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Inge Kroidl Ingo Mecklenburg Peter Schneiderat Katharina M üller Philipp Girl Roman W ölfel Andreas Sing Alexandra Dangel Andreas Wieser Michael Hoelscher Source Type: research