Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the United States.
Nathaniel M LewisVictoria T ChuDongni YeErin E ConnersRadhika GharpureRebecca L LawsHannah E ResesBrandi D FreemanMark FajansElizabeth M RaboldPatrick DawsonSean BuonoSherry YinDaniel OwusuAshutosh WadhwaMary PomeroyAnna YousafEric PevznerHenry NjugunaKatherine A BatteyCuc H TranVictoria L FieldsPhillip SalvatoreMichelle O'HegartyJeni VuongRebecca ChanceyChristopher GregoryMichelle BanksJared R RispensElizabeth DietrichPerrine MarcenacAlmea M MatanockLindsey DucaAllison BinderGarrett FoxSandra LesterLisa MillsSusan I GerberJohn WatsonAmy SchumacherLucia PawloskiNatalie J ThornburgAron J HallTair KiphibaneSarah WillardsonKim ChristensenLindsey PageSanjib BhattacharyyaTrivikram DasuAnn ChristiansenIan W PrayRyan P WestergaardAngela C DunnJacqueline E TateScott A NabityHannah L KirkingPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
We found substantial evidence of secondary infections among household contacts. People with COVID-19, particularly those with immunocompromising conditions or those with household contacts with diabetes, should take care to promptly self-isolate to prevent household transmission.