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. 2024 Aug;28(4):103953.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2024.103953. Epub 2024 Jun 12.

Secondary household transmission of conjunctivitis in children

Melanie E Kiernan  1 , Amy Keith  2 , Amy B Stein  2 , Timothy C Jenkins  3 , Thresia Sebastian  4 , Jennifer Meece  5 , Connie Price  3 , Holly Frost  6
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Secondary household transmission of conjunctivitis in children

Melanie E Kiernan et al. J AAPOS. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Among surveyed households, the transmission rate of pediatric conjunctivitis was 12%. Rates did not differ when the index child did or did not use an ophthalmic antibiotic (14% vs 11% [P = 0.6]). Transmission rates were lower than for other infections where children are not routinely excluded from school or daycare.

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Transmission rate and 95% confidence interval for household contacts that became infected, overall and for antibiotic and age scenarios.
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