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Time from Exposure to Diagnosis among Quarantined Close Contacts of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Index Case-Patients,South Korea |
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| Authors: | Hye Ryeon Lee Young June Choe Eun Jung Jang Jia Kim Ji Joo Lee Hye Young Lee Hanul Park Sang Eun Lee Moonsu Kim Seonggon Kim Hanna Yoo Ju-Hyung Lee Hyun Jeong Ahn Mi-Young Go Won Ick Kim Bu Sim Lee Hwa-Pyeong Ko Jeonghee Yu Eun-Young Kim Hyoseon Jeong Jae-Hwa Chung Jin Su Song Jihee Lee Mi Young Kim Young-Joon Park |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 2019 novel coronavirus disease coronavirus disease severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 SARS-CoV-2 viruses respiratory infections zoonoses Omicron variant VOC |