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

  • Park, Eunkyung
  • Choi, So Young
  • Lee, Shinyoung
  • Kim, Miyoung
  • Lee, Kyusug
  • ... Oh, Won Sup
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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 con-firmed 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 (COV-ID-19).

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CoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2omicronhousehold transmission
제목
Widespread Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant from Children, South Korea, 2022
저자
Park, EunkyungChoi, So YoungLee, ShinyoungKim, MiyoungLee, KyusugLee, SeonjuYoon, SunyoungKim, NahyoungOh, Won SupKim, EunmiKim, Bryan InhoSong, Jin Su
DOI
10.3349/ymj.2022.0608
발행일
2023-05
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Article
저널명
Yonsei Medical Journal
64
5
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344 ~ 348