Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Objectives

To examine evidence for household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, disaggregated by several covariates, and to compare it with other coronaviruses.

Data source

PubMed, searched through October 19, 2020. Search terms included SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 with secondary attack rate, household, close contacts, contact transmission, contact attack rate, or family transmission.

Study selection

All articles with original data for estimating household secondary attack rate were included. Case reports focusing on individual households and studies of close contacts that did not report secondary attack ra

SUBMITTER: Madewell ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737089 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature