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Coronavirus Disease-19: Summary of 2,370 Contact Investigations of the First 30 Cases in the Republic of Korea

Authors :
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
Tae-Young Kim
Source :
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 81-84 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.

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).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22336052 and 22109099
Volume :
11
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Accession number :
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