Pediatric Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 Infection—Los Angeles County, December 2020 to February 2021
Patrick Y Liu, Candace M. Gragnani, Jason Timmerman, Caitlin N. Newhouse, Gabriela Soto, Lizzet Lopez, Rachel G. Spronz, Aditi Mhaskar, Nava Yeganeh, Priyanka Fernandes, Alice A. Kuo
Abstract
This brief report presents transmission rates from a prospective study of 15 households with pediatric index cases of severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 in Los Angeles County from December 2020 to February 2021. Our findings support ongoing evidence that transmission from pediatric index cases to household contacts is frequent but can be mitigated with practicing well-documented control measures at home, including isolation, masking and good hand hygiene.
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Transmission (telecommunications)HygieneMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Index caseIsolation (microbiology)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusPediatricsInfection controlIndex (typography)Environmental healthEmergency medicineIntensive care medicineOutbreakVirologyInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)BiologyPathologyWorld Wide WebElectrical engineeringComputer scienceMicrobiologyEngineeringInfection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and Mental Health