Probable close contact transmission in a restaurant in China

Nan Zhang¹, Ting Hu², Jiayi Zhang², Weizhen Mai³, Minting Jian⁴, Jiajie Li⁵, Fengping Chen⁶, Min Zhu⁷, Linan Zhuang¹, Tianyi Jin¹, Hua Qian⁸, Yuguo Li⁹, Min Kang¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Built Environment and Energy Efficient Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong province, China.
³ School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Zhaoqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhaoqing, China.
⁵ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Nanhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Foshan, China.
⁶ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Shenzhen Baoan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
⁷ 6th Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
⁸ School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
⁹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
¹⁰ Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong province, China; School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: kangmin@cdcp.org.cn.

PMID: 36057385
PMCID: PMC9428334
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.029

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Probable close contact transmission in a restaurant in China

Nan Zhang et al. J Infect. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;85(5):573-607.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.029. Epub 2022 Aug 31.

Authors

Nan Zhang¹, Ting Hu², Jiayi Zhang², Weizhen Mai³, Minting Jian⁴, Jiajie Li⁵, Fengping Chen⁶, Min Zhu⁷, Linan Zhuang¹, Tianyi Jin¹, Hua Qian⁸, Yuguo Li⁹, Min Kang¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Built Environment and Energy Efficient Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong province, China.
³ School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Zhaoqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhaoqing, China.
⁵ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Nanhai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Foshan, China.
⁶ Guangdong Field Epidemiology Training Program, Shenzhen Baoan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
⁷ 6th Medical Center of General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
⁸ School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
⁹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
¹⁰ Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong province, China; School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: kangmin@cdcp.org.cn.

PMID: 36057385
PMCID: PMC9428334
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.029

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

Fig 1 — **Fig. 1**
Setting of the restaurant. (A) Floor plan; (B) image obtained from the video camera.

Fig 2 — **Fig. 2**
Virus transmission potential via close contact and fomite routes. (A) total duration between possible source infectors (D₄ and *D₂₀*) and other diners and staff; (B) Virus transmission via the fomite route for different source infectors.

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Evidence for lack of transmission by close contact and surface touch in a restaurant outbreak of COVID-19.
Zhang N, Chen X, Jia W, Jin T, Xiao S, Chen W, Hang J, Ou C, Lei H, Qian H, Su B, Li J, Liu D, Zhang W, Xue P, Liu J, Weschler LB, Xie J, Li Y, Kang M. Zhang N, et al. J Infect. 2021 Aug;83(2):207-216. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.030. Epub 2021 May 29. J Infect. 2021. PMID: 34062182 Free PMC article.

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