Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Household Transmission during the Omicron Era in Massachusetts: A Prospective, Case-Ascertained Study using Genomic Epidemiology.

Jaspreet BangaTaylor Brock-FisherBrittany A PetrosEric Y DaiAriana T LeonelliSabrina T DobbinsKatelyn S MesserAudrey B NathansonAmelia CaponeNancy LittlehaleViola Appiah-DanquahSiang DimGage K MorenoMaura CrowtherKannon A LeeKatherine C DeRuffBronwyn L MacInnisMichael SpringerPardis C SabetiKathryn E Stephenson

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

Household contacts of a person newly diagnosed with COVID-19 are at high risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in the following 2 weeks. This is, however, not only due to infection from the household index case, but also because the presence of an infected household member implies increased SARS-CoV-2 community transmission. Further studies to understand and mitigate household transmission are needed.

Keyphrases

sars cov
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus disease
newly diagnosed
healthcare
mental health
dna methylation
copy number
gene expression