Time from Exposure to Diagnosis among Quarantined Close Contacts of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Index Case-Patients, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Hye Ryeon ; Choe, Young June ; Jang, Eun Jung ; Kim, Jia ; Lee, Ji Joo ; Lee, Hye Young ; Park, Hanul ; Lee, Sang Eun ; Kim, Moonsu ; Kim, Seonggon ; Yoo, Hanna ; Lee, Ju-Hyung ; Ahn, Hyun Jeong ; Go, Mi-Young ; Kim, Won Ick ; Lee, Bu Sim ; Ko, Hwa-Pyeong ; Yu, Jeonghee ; Kim, Eun-Young ; Jeong, Hyoseon ; Chung, Jae-Hwa ; Song, Jin Su ; Lee, Jihee ; Kim, Mi Young ; Park, Young-Joon
• Description:
  To determine optimal quarantine duration, we evaluated time from exposure to diagnosis for 107 close contacts of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant case-patients. Average time from exposure to diagnosis was 3.7 days; 70% of diagnoses were made on day 5 and 99.1% by day 10, suggesting 10-day quarantine.
• Subjects:
  Covid-19 Humans Quarantine Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(4):901-903
• Pubmed ID:
  35318924
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8962899
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:318586005444240eafaeaebfb167a8d660e7ccffa17e79141d6aa07320ad5742
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116351/cdc_116351_DS1.pdf
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