Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Park, Young Joon ; Choe, Young June ; Park, Ok ; Park, Shin Young ; Kim, Young-Man ; Kim, Jieun ; Kweon, Sanghui ; Woo, Yeonhee ; Gwack, Jin ; Kim, Seong Sun ; Lee, Jin ; Hyun, Junghee ; Ryu, Boyeong ; Jang, Yoon Suk ; Kim, Hwami ; Shin, Seung Hwan ; Yi, Seonju ; Lee, Sangeun ; Kim, Hee Kyoung ; Lee, Hyeyoung ; Jin, Yeowon ; Park, Eunmi ; Choi, Seung Woo ; Kim, Miyoung ; Song, Jeongsuk ; Choi, Si Won ; Kim, Dongwook ; Jeon, Byoung-Hak ; Yoo, Hyosoon ; Jeong, Eun Kyeong
• Corporate Authors:
  on behalf of the COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team
• Description:
  We analyzed reports for 59,073 contacts of 5,706 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) index patients reported in South Korea during January 20-March 27, 2020. Of 10,592 household contacts, 11.8% had COVID-19. Of 48,481 nonhousehold contacts, 1.9% had COVID-19. Use of personal protective measures and social distancing reduces the likelihood of transmission.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Distribution Age Factors Betacoronavirus Child Child, Preschool Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Disease Outbreaks Family Characteristics Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(10):2465-2468
• Pubmed ID:
  32673193
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7510731
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3c62857bf64544c97636fa21acc16de4d4873f8fd44523ad818449e86321a22c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/94765/cdc_94765_DS1.pdf
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