Serial Interval and Intervention Efficiency in Pertussis Outbreak, South Korea, 2024
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
5
Start Page
809-811
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
Date Issued
2026-05
Author(s)
Abstract
We estimated an unmitigated mean serial interval during a school-based pertussis outbreak in South Korea at 14.7 (95% credible interval 9.0-27.4) days, comparable with previous estimates. Public health interventions reduced the effective reproduction number by 65% (95% credible interval 26%-88%), which likely brought it to <1 and contributed to curbing the outbreak.
Subjects
South Korea
bacteria
bacterial infection
epidemiological time intervals
pertussis
respiratory infection
serial interval
whooping cough
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type
journal article
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