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Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021

To clarify transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant, we determined serial intervals and secondary attack rates among household contacts in South Korea. Mean serial interval for 12 transmission pairs was 2.9 days, and secondary attack rate among 25 house...

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Autores principales: Song, Jin Su, Lee, Jihee, Kim, Miyoung, Jeong, Hyeong Seop, Kim, Moon Su, Kim, Seong Gon, Yoo, Han Na, Lee, Ji Joo, Lee, Hye Young, Lee, Sang-Eun, Kim, Eun Jin, Rhee, Jee Eun, Kim, Il Hwan, Park, Young-Joon
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35107418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.212607
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author Song, Jin Su
Lee, Jihee
Kim, Miyoung
Jeong, Hyeong Seop
Kim, Moon Su
Kim, Seong Gon
Yoo, Han Na
Lee, Ji Joo
Lee, Hye Young
Lee, Sang-Eun
Kim, Eun Jin
Rhee, Jee Eun
Kim, Il Hwan
Park, Young-Joon
author_facet Song, Jin Su
Lee, Jihee
Kim, Miyoung
Jeong, Hyeong Seop
Kim, Moon Su
Kim, Seong Gon
Yoo, Han Na
Lee, Ji Joo
Lee, Hye Young
Lee, Sang-Eun
Kim, Eun Jin
Rhee, Jee Eun
Kim, Il Hwan
Park, Young-Joon
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description To clarify transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant, we determined serial intervals and secondary attack rates among household contacts in South Korea. Mean serial interval for 12 transmission pairs was 2.9 days, and secondary attack rate among 25 households was 50.0%, raising concern about a rapid surge in cases.
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spelling pubmed-88882392022-03-02 Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021 Song, Jin Su Lee, Jihee Kim, Miyoung Jeong, Hyeong Seop Kim, Moon Su Kim, Seong Gon Yoo, Han Na Lee, Ji Joo Lee, Hye Young Lee, Sang-Eun Kim, Eun Jin Rhee, Jee Eun Kim, Il Hwan Park, Young-Joon Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter To clarify transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant, we determined serial intervals and secondary attack rates among household contacts in South Korea. Mean serial interval for 12 transmission pairs was 2.9 days, and secondary attack rate among 25 households was 50.0%, raising concern about a rapid surge in cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8888239/ /pubmed/35107418 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.212607 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Song, Jin Su
Lee, Jihee
Kim, Miyoung
Jeong, Hyeong Seop
Kim, Moon Su
Kim, Seong Gon
Yoo, Han Na
Lee, Ji Joo
Lee, Hye Young
Lee, Sang-Eun
Kim, Eun Jin
Rhee, Jee Eun
Kim, Il Hwan
Park, Young-Joon
Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title_full Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title_fullStr Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title_full_unstemmed Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title_short Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
title_sort serial intervals and household transmission of sars-cov-2 omicron variant, south korea, 2021
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35107418
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2803.212607
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