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

被引:6
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作者
Park, Eunkyung [1 ]
Choi, So Young [1 ]
Lee, Shinyoung [1 ]
Kim, Miyoung [1 ]
Lee, Kyusug [2 ]
Lee, Seonju [2 ]
Yoon, Sunyoung [2 ]
Kim, Nahyoung [2 ]
Oh, Won Sup [3 ,4 ]
Kim, Eunmi [3 ]
Kim, Bryan Inho [1 ]
Song, Jin Su [1 ,5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Korea Dis Control & Prevent Agcy, Cheongju, South Korea
[2] Wonju Publ Hlth Ctr, Wonju, South Korea
[3] Gangwon Ctr Infect Dis, Chunchon, South Korea
[4] Kangwon Natl Univ, Dept Internal Med, Sch Med, Chunchon, South Korea
[5] Handong Global Univ, Grad Sch Global Dev & Entrepreneurship, Pohang, South Korea
[6] Handong Global Univ, Grad Sch Global Dev & Entrepreneurship, 558 Handong, Pohang 37554, South Korea
关键词
Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; omicron; household transmission;
D O I
10.3349/ymj.2022.0608
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
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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页码:344 / 348
页数:5
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