Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Acquisition Is Associated With Individual Exposure but Not Community-Level Transmission.
DeAnna J Friedman-KlabanoffMeagan C FitzpatrickMeagan E DemingVaidehi AgrawalSandra SitarTorin SchaafsmaElizabeth BrownKathleen M NeuzilRuanne V BarnabasMiriam K Laufernull nullPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
In our study, increased exposure to SARS-CoV-2 within household or healthcare settings led to higher risk of infection, but elevated community incidence did not. This reinforces the importance of interventions to decrease transmission in close contact settings.