Time from Exposure to Diagnosis among Quarantined Close Contacts of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Index Case-Patients, South Korea
Hye Ryeon Lee
1, Young June Choe
1, 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, and Young-Joon Park
Author affiliations: Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea (H.R. Lee, E.J. Jang, J. Kim, J.J. Lee, H.Y. Lee, H. Park, S.E. Lee, Y.-J. Park); Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (Y.J. Choe); Incheon Metropolitan City, Incheon, South Korea (M. Kim, S. Kim, H. Yoo); Jeollabuk-do Center for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Jeonju, South Korea (J.-H. Lee); Jeollabuk-do Government, Jeonju (H.J. Ahn, M.-Y. Go); Jeollanam-do Government, Muan, South Korea (W.I. Kim, B.S. Lee); Gwangju Metropolitan Government, Gwangju, South Korea (H.-P. Ko); Honam Reginal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gwangju (J. Yu, E.-Y. Kim, H. Jeong, J.-H. Chung); Capital Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul (J.S. Song, J. Lee, M.Y. Kim)
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Figure. Cumulative events by time from exposure to index case-patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant of concern to diagnosis of infection, South Korea. A) Total cases; B) by age group; C) by vaccination status; and D) by symptom status.
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