Household quarantine of second degree contacts is an effective non-pharmaceutical intervention to prevent tertiary cases in the current SARS-CoV pandemic

Household quarantine of second degree contacts is an effective non-pharmaceutical intervention to prevent tertiary cases in the current SARS-CoV pandemic

Abstract Background Given the characteristics of SARS-CoV2 with regard to transmission before the onset of symptoms and varying manifestation indices according to age, isolation and quarantine have limited efficacy in the current pandemic. Household quarantine in second degree contacts (Hh-Q2°) outs...

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Main Authors: Josef A. I. Weigl, Anna-Katharina Feddersen, Mona Stern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Asymptomatic
Contact tracing
Isolation
Lockdown
SARS-CoV2
Transmission
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06818-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06818-w

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