@article{d09bbb7da42c4207bce097e5231f9603,
title = "Shorter serial intervals in SARS-CoV-2 cases with Omicron BA.1 variant compared with Delta variant, the Netherlands, 13 to 26 December 2021",
abstract = "The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant has a growth advantage over the Delta variant because of higher transmissibility, immune evasion or shorter serial interval. Using S gene target failure (SGTF) as indication for Omicron BA.1, we identified 908 SGTF and 1,621 non-SGTF serial intervals in the same period. Within households, the mean serial interval for SGTF cases was 0.2-0.6 days shorter than for non-SGTF cases. This suggests that the growth advantage of Omicron is partly due to a shorter serial interval.",
author = "Backer, {Jantien A.} and Dirk Eggink and Andeweg, {Stijn P.} and Veldhuijzen, {Irene K.} and {van Maarseveen}, Noortje and Klaas Vermaas and Boris Vlaemynck and Raf Schepers and {van den Hof}, Susan and Reusken, {Chantal B. E. M.} and Jacco Wallinga",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: The study was financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. This project has received funding from the European Union{\textquoteright}s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme - project EpiPose (grant agreement number 101003688). Funding Information: The study was financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme - project EpiPose (grant agreement number 101003688). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "10",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.6.2200042",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
journal = "Euro surveillance",
issn = "1025-496X",
publisher = "European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control",
number = "6",
}