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Comment
. 2020 Dec;81(6):979-997.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.08.033. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

Household transmission of COVID-19-a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hao Lei  1 , Xiaolin Xu  2 , Shenglan Xiao  3 , Xifeng Wu  2 , Yuelong Shu  4
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Household transmission of COVID-19-a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hao Lei et al. J Infect. 2020 Dec.
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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Secondary attack rates (SIRs) among household contacts.
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Fig. 2
Transmission risk of COVID-19 to adults and children in household.
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Comment on

  • Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
    Wang Z, Ma W, Zheng X, Wu G, Zhang R. Wang Z, et al. J Infect. 2020 Jul;81(1):179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.040. Epub 2020 Apr 10. J Infect. 2020. PMID: 32283139 Free PMC article.

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