1. Coronavirus Disease-19: Summary of 2,370 Contact Investigations of the First 30 Cases in the Republic of Korea
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Jin Gwack, Seong Sun Kim, Hyeyoung Lee, Sangeun Lee, Junghee Hyun, Ok Young Park, Shin Young Park, Seung Hwan Shin, Eunmi Park, Daehyeon Ko, Young Man Kim, Seung Woo Choi, Young June Choe, Ji-Eun Kim, Jung-Woo Kim, Hwami Kim, Yoon Suk Jang, Joongho Jo, Yeowon Jin, Boyeong Ryu, Eun Kyeong Jeong, Dong-Wook Kim, Unna Kim, Byoung Hak Jeon, Young Joon Park, Jin Lee, and Tae-Young Kim
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Short Communication ,Disease ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 ,medicine.disease_cause ,01 natural sciences ,contact tracing ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Transmission risks and rates ,0101 mathematics ,Coronavirus ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,010102 general mathematics ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,RC952-1245 ,COVID-19 ,Virology ,Infectious Diseases ,Special situations and conditions ,epidemiology ,business - Abstract
Between January 24th and March 10th, a total of 2,370 individuals had contact with the first 30 cases of COVID-19. There were 13 individuals who contracted COVID-19 resulting in a secondary attack rate of 0.55% (95% CI 0.31–0.96). There were 119 household contacts, of which 9 individuals developed COVID-19 resulting in a secondary attack rate of 7.56% (95% CI 3.7–14.26).
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- 2020