Secondary Attack Rate and Family Clustering of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Children of Healthcare Workers With Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Authors :: Ladhani SN
Andrews N
Aiano F
Baawuah F
Amin-Chowdhury Z
Brown KE
Amirthalingam G
Ramsay ME
Waterfield T
Source :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America [Clin Infect Dis] 2021 Jul 01; Vol. 73 (1), pp. e260-e263.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: We measured serum SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in 215 children of healthcare workers to estimate secondary attack rates. Twenty-one families had a parent with confirmed COVID-19. There was strong evidence of family clustering (P < .001): 20/21 (95.2%) children were seropositive in 9 families and none of 23 children in 12 other families.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Subjects :: Child
Cluster Analysis
Health Personnel
Humans
Incidence
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1537-6591
Volume :: 73
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 33201219
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1737

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