Transmission prevention behaviors in US households with SARS-CoV-2 cases in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission frequently occurs within households, yet few studies describe which household contacts and household units are most likely to engage in transmission-interrupting behaviors.

Methods

We analyzed a COVID-19 prospective household transmission cohort in North Carolina (April to October 2020) to quantify changes in physical distancing behaviors among household contacts over 14 days. We evaluated which household contacts were most likely to ever mask at home and to ever share a bedroom with the index case between days 7-14.

Results

In the presence of a household COVID-19 infection, 24% of household contacts reported ever masking at home during the week before study entry. Masking in the ho

SUBMITTER: Rubinstein RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10888502 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature