Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Affiliations

Observational Study

Joshua P Metlay et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;4(2):e210304.

doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0304.

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the risk of household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the associated risk factors among exposed household members.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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