Intrinsic generation time of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: An observational study of household transmission

• Main Authors: Mattia Manica (Author), Alfredo De Bellis (Author), Giorgio Guzzetta (Author), Pamela Mancuso (Author), Massimo Vicentini (Author), Francesco Venturelli (Author), Alessandro Zerbini (Author), Eufemia Bisaccia (Author), Maria Litvinova (Author), Francesco Menegale (Author), Carla Molina Grané (Author), Piero Poletti (Author), Valentina Marziano (Author), Agnese Zardini (Author), Valeria d'Andrea (Author), Filippo Trentini (Author), Antonino Bella (Author), Flavia Riccardo (Author), Patrizio Pezzotti (Author), Marco Ajelli (Author), Paolo Giorgi Rossi (Author), Stefano Merler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Starting from the final months of 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant expanded globally, swiftly replacing Delta, the variant that was dominant at the time. Many uncertainties remain about the epidemiology of Omicron; here, we aim to estimate its generation time. Methods: We us...