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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 27, Issue 12, Pages 3009-3019Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid2712.210978
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A large-scale study conducted in southwest Germany found that the secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 was significantly higher in exposed adults compared to children in households. Additionally, the transmission rate was higher when the index case-patient was over 60 years old. Risk factors for infectiousness of the index case-patient included SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity, fever, and cough.
Resolving the role of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission in households with members from different generations is crucial for containing the current pandemic. We conducted a large-scale, multicenter, cross-sectional seroepidemiologic household transmission study in southwest Germany during May 11-August 1, 2020. We included 1,625 study participants from 405 households that each had >= 1 child and 1 reverse transcription PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2-infected index case-patient. The overall secondary attack rate was 31.6% and was significantly higher in exposed adults (37.5%) than in children (24.6%-29.2%; p = <= 0.015); the rate was also significantly higher when the index case-patient was >= 60 years of age (72.9%; p = 0.039). Other risk factors for infectiousness of the index case-patient were SARS-CoV-2-seropositivity (odds ratio [OR] 27.8, 95% CI 8.26-93.5), fever (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.14-3.31), and cough (OR 2.07, 95% CI 1.21-3.53). Secondary infections in household contacts generate a substantial disease burden.
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