Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e210304. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0304.

Authors

Joshua P Metlay¹, Jennifer S Haas¹, Alexander E Soltoff¹, Katrina A Armstrong¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the risk of household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the associated risk factors among exposed household members.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adult
COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing / statistics & numerical data
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
COVID-19* / transmission
Communicable Disease Control* / methods
Communicable Disease Control* / organization & administration
Disease Hotspot
Disease Transmission, Infectious* / prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious* / statistics & numerical data
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data
Family Characteristics*
Female
Humans
Male
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*