TY - JOUR AU - Spencer, Hillary AU - Teran, Richard AU - Barbian, Hannah AU - Love, Sarah AU - Berg, Rachel AU - Black, Stephanie AU - Ghinai, Isaac AU - Kerins, Janna T1 - Multistate Outbreak of Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant after Event in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1281 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Bars and restaurants are high-risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A multistate outbreak after a bar gathering in Chicago, Illinois, USA, highlights Omicron variant transmissibility, the value of local genomic surveillance and interstate coordination, vaccination value, and the potential for rapid transmission of a novel variant across multiple states after 1 event. KW - COVID-19 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - Omicron KW - disease outbreaks KW - Chicago KW - Illinois KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2806.220411 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/6/22-0411_article ER - End of Reference