Household Clusters of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Suzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging virus causing substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. We performed a cross-sectional investigation of SARS-CoV-2 clusters in Suzhou to determine the transmissibility of the virus among close contacts and to assess the demographic and clinical characteristics between index and secondary cases.

Methods

We review the clustered patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections in Suzhou between 22 January and 29 February 2020. The demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between index and secondary cases. We calculated the basic reproduction number (R ₀) among close contacts with SLI model.

Results

By 22 February, 87 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were r

SUBMITTER: Yao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520496 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature