tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2022 May 13;9(7)
fac248.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac248. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Transmission Potential of the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in South Korea, 25 November 2021-8 January 2022
Eunha Shim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wongyeong Choi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Donghyok Kwon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Taeyoung Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Youngji Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Our study indicates sustained transmission (effective reproduction number, 1.3; serial interval, 4.2 days; regional doubling times, 3.3-11.4 days) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant (N = 2351) in South Korea (25 November 2021-8 January 2022), implicating insufficient protection through vaccination and supporting nonpharmaceutical control measures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Korea; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; reproduction number.
. 2022 May 13;9(7)
fac248.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac248. eCollection 2022 Jul.
Transmission Potential of the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in South Korea, 25 November 2021-8 January 2022
Eunha Shim[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wongyeong Choi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Donghyok Kwon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Taeyoung Kim[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Youngji Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35855956
- PMCID: PMC9129224
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac248
Abstract
Our study indicates sustained transmission (effective reproduction number, 1.3; serial interval, 4.2 days; regional doubling times, 3.3-11.4 days) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant (N = 2351) in South Korea (25 November 2021-8 January 2022), implicating insufficient protection through vaccination and supporting nonpharmaceutical control measures.
Keywords: COVID-19; Korea; Omicron; SARS-CoV-2; reproduction number.