Study: Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for susceptibility and infectivity

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for susceptibility and infectivity in Wuhan: a retrospective observational study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Related Report: SARS-CoV-2 setting-specific transmission rates. Households showed the highest transmission rates (21.1%). Asymptomatic infections do occur but much less efficiently than symptomatic infection

Commentary on Twitter

A new, very large #SARSCoV2 household transmission study (27K households, 30K cases, 58K contacts)https://t.co/a89uAw3Ohg
—age ≥ 60 and infants most likely to get infected
—<age 20 most likely to infect others (1.6X)@TheLancetInfDis pic.twitter.com/nM044rVEdo

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 18, 2021