Increased Household Secondary Attacks Rates With Variant of Concern Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Index Cases.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
household
transmission
variants of concern
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 03 2022
01 03 2022
Historique:
received:
01
04
2021
pubmed:
10
6
2021
medline:
8
3
2022
entrez:
9
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We compared secondary attack rates in households with B.1.1.7 variant of concern (VOC) versus non-VOC index cases in a matched cohort in Ontario, Canada. The secondary attack rate for VOC index cases was 1.31 times higher than non-VOC index cases. This increase was particularly accentuated for asymptomatic or presymptomatic index cases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34105720
pii: 6295404
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab496
pmc: PMC8384411
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
703-706Subventions
Organisme : Public Health Ontario
Informations de copyright
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Public Health Ontario, 2021.