Household transmission of COVID-19-a systematic review and meta-analysis - 08/12/20
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.033
Hao Lei a, 1, Xiaolin Xu a, b, 1, Shenglan Xiao c, Xifeng Wu a, b, Yuelong Shu c, ⁎ 
a Department of Big Data in Health Science, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
b Center for Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Big Data, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
c School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
⁎Corresponding author.
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Highlights |
• | Infection risk of household contacts is 10 times higher than other contacts. |
• | Risk of household transmission in adults is about 3-times higher than that in children. |
• | SARS-CoV-2 is much more transmissible than SARS-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in households, which challenges the home isolation of COVID-19 patients. |
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The British Infection Association. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 81 - N° 6
P. 979-997 - décembre 2020 Retour au numéro
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