After COVID spread at a sleepaway camp, campers spread the virus among members of their household when they got home, a new study finds.
The New England Journal of Medicine
These index patients — 88% of whom had symptoms — had 526 household contacts, mainly parents and siblings. Of 377 household contacts who underwent testing, 46 tested positive. Another two cases in household contacts were identified using clinical and epidemiologic criteria.Of the 41 adult household contacts who were infected, four were hospitalized. Their hospital stays ranged from 5 to 11 days. Of the seven infected household contacts who were younger than 18 years, none were hospitalized.
"This retrospective study showed that the efficient transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from school-age children and adolescents to household members led to the hospitalization of adults with secondary cases of Covid-19," the researchers wrote."In households in which transmission occurred, half the household contacts were infected."
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