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A 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.

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Vaccine breakthrough infection and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant, Bavaria, Germany, February to March 2021
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Inge+Kroidl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kroidl Inge</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ingo+Mecklenburg&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mecklenburg Ingo</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Peter+Schneiderat&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schneiderat Peter</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Katharina+M%C3%BCller&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Müller Katharina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Philipp+Girl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Girl Philipp</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Roman+W%C3%B6lfel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wölfel Roman</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andreas+Sing&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Sing Andreas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Alexandra+Dangel&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Dangel Alexandra</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Andreas+Wieser&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wieser Andreas</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michael+Hoelscher&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hoelscher Michael</a></span>. Vaccine breakthrough infection and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant, Bavaria, Germany, February to March 2021. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2021;26(30):pii=2100673. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100673" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100673</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 05 Jul 2021;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 29 Jul 2021 </span> </p>
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