Secondary Attack Rate, Transmission and Incubation Periods, and Serial Interval of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, Spain

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Del Águila-Mejía, Javier ; Wallmann, Reinhard ; Calvo-Montes, Jorge ; Rodríguez-Lozano, Jesús ; Valle-Madrazo, Trinidad ; Aginagalde-Llorente, Adrian
• Description:
  Contact tracing data of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases during December 2021 in Cantabria, Spain, showed increased transmission (secondary attack rate 39%) compared with Delta cases (secondary attack rate 26%), uninfluenced by vaccination status. Incubation and serial interval periods were also reduced. Half of Omicron transmissions happened before symptom onset in the index case-patient.
• Subjects:
  Covid-19 Humans Incidence Infectious Disease Incubation Period Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(6):1224-1228
• Pubmed ID:
  35393009
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9155885
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1bccf4c1619e9d41e7ad3cb6db99b005703b387218e5d20ba671b3bc4d3c2643
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118190/cdc_118190_DS1.pdf
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