TY - JOUR AU - Song, Jin AU - Lee, Jihee AU - Kim, Miyoung AU - Jeong, Hyeong Seop AU - Kim, Moon AU - Kim, Seong Gon AU - Yoo, Han AU - Lee, Ji Joo AU - Lee, Hye Young AU - Lee, Sang-Eun AU - Kim, Eun Jin AU - Rhee, Jee Eun AU - Kim, Il Hwan AU - Park, Young-Joon T1 - Serial Intervals and Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 756 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To clarify transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant, we determined serial intervals and secondary attack rates among household contacts in South Korea. Mean serial interval for 12 transmission pairs was 2.9 days, and secondary attack rate among 25 households was 50.0%, raising concern about a rapid surge in cases. KW - COVID-19 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - Omicron KW - variant of concern KW - South Korea DO - 10.3201/eid2803.212607 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/3/21-2607_article ER - End of Reference