Household COVID-19 secondary attack rate and associated determinants in Pakistan; A retrospective cohort study

Amjad Khan , Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq , Javed Muhammad , Anupam Sule , Ali Akbar , Khunsa Junaid , Ali Akram Khan , Taimoor Akram Khan , Ubaid Khan , Fatmee Waqar , Asghar Khan , Muhammad Akib Warraich (1) , Abdul Jabbar , Abbas Al Mutair , Saad Alhumaid , Maha Al-Mozaini , Kuldeep Dhama , Muhammad Fayaz Khan , Ali Rabaan

1 ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business

COVID-19 household transmissibility remains unclear in Pakistan. To understand the dynamics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus disease epidemiology, this study estimated Secondary Attack Rate (SAR) among household and close contacts of index cases in Pakistan using a statistical transmission model.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Médecine humaine et pathologie; Maladies infectieuses

Amjad Khan, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Javed Muhammad, Anupam Sule, Ali Akbar, et al.. Household COVID-19 secondary attack rate and associated determinants in Pakistan; A retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 2022, 17 (4), pp.e0266277. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0266277⟩. ⟨hal-03699379⟩