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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 14;28(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2802.211774. Online ahead of print.
Serial Interval and Transmission Dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Predominance, South Korea
Sukhyun Ryu, Dasom Kim, Jun-Sik Lim, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Benjamin J Cowling
Abstract
We estimated mean serial interval and superspreading potential for the Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in South Korea. Intervals were similar for the first (3.7 days) and second (3.5 days) study periods. Risk for superspreading events was also similar; 23% and 25% of cases, respectively, seeded 80% of transmissions.
Keywords: COVID-19; Delta variant; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; superspreading; transmissibility; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Dec 14;28(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2802.211774. Online ahead of print.
Serial Interval and Transmission Dynamics during SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant Predominance, South Korea
Sukhyun Ryu, Dasom Kim, Jun-Sik Lim, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Benjamin J Cowling
- PMID: 34906289
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.211774
Abstract
We estimated mean serial interval and superspreading potential for the Delta variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in South Korea. Intervals were similar for the first (3.7 days) and second (3.5 days) study periods. Risk for superspreading events was also similar; 23% and 25% of cases, respectively, seeded 80% of transmissions.
Keywords: COVID-19; Delta variant; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; superspreading; transmissibility; viruses; zoonoses.