Outbreak/cluster investigations

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• Serology study of healthcare workers following a hospital-based outbreak of COVID-19 in North West Tasmania, Australia, 2020

  Michelle McPherson, Nicola Stephens, Kylie J Smith, M Therese Mafori, Meru Sheel, Louise Cooley, Belinda McEwan, Mark Veitch, Fay H Johnston

• A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland

  Caroline Taunton, Leanne Hawthorne , Rittia Matysek , Johanna Neville

• Changes in norovirus incidence in Victoria, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021

  Leesa D Bruggink

• Cohorting children in a childcare setting: a strategy to reduce SARS-CoV-2 Delta transmission, August-September 2021

  Yasmin Lisson, Alexandra Marmor, Algreg Gomez, Robyn Hall, Amy Elizabeth Parry, Rose Wright, Aparna Lal

• Defining the peak: Point prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 using randomised sampling

  Andre L Wattiaux, Fiona May, Terresa Allen, Tracy Bladen, Brielle Pery, Lisa McHugh, Vicki Slinko, Alice Sykes, Lashan De Silva, Jay Bajra, Ross Andrews, Gulam Khandaker

• First documented gymnasium cluster of COVID-19 with whole genome sequencing in Australia

  Bhavi Ravindran, Elizabeth Gatens, Naru Pal, Vicky Sheppeard, Anna Calik, Kate Alexander, Khizar Ashraf, Alicia Arnott, Vitali Sintchenko, Craig B Dalton

• High COVID-19 attack rate among attendees of wedding events in Bali, Indonesia, March 2020

  Bhavi Ravindran, Freya Hogarth, Kirsten Williamson, Rose Wright, Martyn Kirk, Craig Dalton

• Lessons from a COVID-19 outbreak in the disability support sector, Australian Capital Territory, August 2021

  Aruna Phabmixay, Ben Polkinghorne, Alexandra Marmor, Nevada Pingault, Timothy Sloan-Gardner, Martyn Kirk

• Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant on a single liquified natural gas (LNG) vessel, with estimates of vaccine effectiveness

  Nicolas Smoll, Jacina Walker, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Jill Auriac, Ross Andrews, Andrew Jeremijenko, Michael Kirk, Gulam Khandaker

• Pens down: An outbreak of the B.1.617.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant in an Australian high school, August 2021

  Keeley Allen, Alexandra Marmor, Davoud Pourmarzi

• Public health rapid response in managing COVID-19 outbreaks in residential aged care facilities: a regional public health unit perspective

  Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Jacina Walker, Margaret Charles, Susie Le Brasse, Danielle Odorico, Nicolas Smoll, Michael Kirk, Robert Booy, Gulam Khandaker

• SARS-CoV-2 public health investigation in an aged care facility and challenges with serological screening in low pre-test probability settings

  Nicolas R Smoll, Carmel Taylor, Ross Martin, Sarah Wheatley, Peter Moore, Mitchell Finger, Frederick Moore, Sanmarié Schlebusch, Gulam Khandaker

• The first 2 months of COVID-19 contact tracing in the Northern Territory of Australia, March-April 2020

  Anthony DK Draper, Karen E Dempsey, Rowena H Boyd, Emma M Childs, Hayley M Black, Laura A Francis, Peter G Markey, Vicki L Krause

• Wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in Gold Coast residential aged care facilities after easing travel restrictions into Queensland

  Candice Colbran, Fiona May, Fiona Vosti, Tracy Bladen, Andre Wattiaux, Vicki Slinko