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

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 confirmed case-patients in 3 weeks. Tailo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Yonsei medical journal 2023-05, Vol.64 (5), p.344-348
Hauptverfasser:	Park, Eunkyung, Choi, So Young, Lee, Shinyoung, Kim, Miyoung, Lee, Kyusug, Lee, Seonju, Yoon, Sunyoung, Kim, Nahyoung, Oh, Won Sup, Kim, Eunmi, Kim, Bryan Inho, Song, Jin Su
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Brief Communication Child Child, Preschool COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Humans Republic of Korea - epidemiology SARS-CoV-2
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Zusammenfassung:	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 confirmed 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 (COVID-19).
ISSN:	0513-5796 1976-2437
DOI:	10.3349/ymj.2022.0608