Risk period for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal influenza: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Restricting infectious healthcare workers (HCWs) from the workplace is an important infection prevention strategy. The duration of viral shedding or symptoms are often used as proxies for the infectious period in adults but may not accurately estimate it.

Objective

To determine the risk period for transmission among previously healthy adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant (omicron) or influenza A (influenza) by examining the duration of shedding and symptoms, and day of symptom onset in secondary cases of transmission pairs.

Design

Rapid review.

Methods

This rapid review adhered to PRISMA-ScR; five databases were searched. The cumulative daily proportion of participants with an outcome of interest was calculated for each study and summarize

SUBMITTER: Stone EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature