Household transmission of seasonal coronavirus infections: Results from the Flu Watch cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Background: In the context of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, understanding household transmission of seasonal coronaviruses may inform pandemic control. We aimed to investigate what proportion of seasonal coronavirus transmission occurred within households, measure the risk of transmission in households, and describe the impact of household-related factors of risk of transmission. Methods: Using data from three winter seasons of the UK Flu Watch cohort study, we measured the proportion of symptomatic infections acquired outside and within the home, the household transmission risk and the household secondary attack risk for PCR-confirmed seasonal coronaviruses. We present transmission risk stratified by demographic features of households. Results:

SUBMITTER: Beale S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7848853 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature