Attack rates amongst household members of outpatients with confirmed COVID-19 in Bergen, Norway: A case-ascertained study

• Main Authors: Kanika Kuwelker (Author), Fan Zhou (Author), Bjørn Blomberg (Author), Sarah Lartey (Author), Karl Albert Brokstad (Author), Mai Chi Trieu (Author), Amit Bansal (Author), Anders Madsen (Author), Florian Krammer (Author), Kristin GI Mohn (Author), Camilla Tøndel (Author), Dagrunn Waag Linchausen (Author), Rebecca J. Cox (Author), Nina Langeland (Author), Annette Corydon (Author), Francisco Real (Author), Geir Bredholt (Author), Hauke Bartsch (Author), Helene Heitmann Sandnes (Author), Juha Vahokoski (Author), Kjerstin Jacobsen (Author), Marianne Eidsheim (Author), Marianne Sævik (Author), Nina Urke Ertesvåg (Author), Synnøve Ygre Hauge (Author), Therese Bredholt Onyango (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Households studies reflect the natural spread of SARS-CoV-2 in immunologically naive populations with limited preventive measures to control transmission.We hypothesise that seropositivity provides more accurate household attack rates than RT-PCR. Here, we investigated the importance of...