Widespread Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant from Children, South Korea, 2022

The role that children play in the transmission of the omicron variant is unclear. Here we report an outbreak that started in young children attending various pediatric facilities, leading to extensive household transmission that affected 75 families with 88 confirmed case-patients in 3 weeks. Tailo...

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Autores principales: Park, Eunkyung, Choi, So Young, Lee, Shinyoung, Kim, Miyoung, Lee, Kyusug, Lee, Seonju, Yoon, Sunyoung, Kim, Nahyoung, Oh, Won Sup, Kim, Eunmi, Kim, Bryan Inho, Song, Jin Su
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2023
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10151225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37114638
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2022.0608
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Sumario:The role that children play in the transmission of the omicron variant is unclear. Here we report an outbreak that started in young children attending various pediatric facilities, leading to extensive household transmission that affected 75 families with 88 confirmed case-patients in 3 weeks. Tailored social and public health measures directed towards children and pediatric facilities are warranted with the emergence of highly transmissible omicron variant to mitigate the impact of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19).

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