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Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study
Historically SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rates (SAR) have been based on PCR positivity on screening symptomatic contacts; this misses transmission events and identifies only symptomatic contacts who are PCR positive at the time of sampling. We used serology to detect the relative transmissibility of...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37093796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284372 |
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author | Gaskell, Katherine M. El Kheir, Natalie Mirfendesky, Mariyam Rampling, Tommy Marks, Michael Houlihan, Catherine F. Lemonge, Norbert Bristowe, Hannah Aslam, Suhail Kyprianou, Demetra Nastouli, Eleni Goldblatt, David Fielding, Katherine Moore, David A. J. |
author_facet | Gaskell, Katherine M. El Kheir, Natalie Mirfendesky, Mariyam Rampling, Tommy Marks, Michael Houlihan, Catherine F. Lemonge, Norbert Bristowe, Hannah Aslam, Suhail Kyprianou, Demetra Nastouli, Eleni Goldblatt, David Fielding, Katherine Moore, David A. J. |
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description | Historically SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rates (SAR) have been based on PCR positivity on screening symptomatic contacts; this misses transmission events and identifies only symptomatic contacts who are PCR positive at the time of sampling. We used serology to detect the relative transmissibility of Alpha Variant of Concern (VOC) to non-VOC SARS-CoV-2 to calculate household secondary attack rates. We identified index patients diagnosed with Alpha and non-VOC SARS-CoV-2 across two London Hospitals between November 2020 and January 2021 during a prolonged and well adhered national lockdown. We completed a household seroprevalence survey and found that 61.8% of non-VOC exposed household contacts were seropositive compared to 82.1% of Alpha exposed household contacts. The odds of infection doubled with exposure to an index diagnosed with Alpha. There was evidence of transmission events in almost all households. Our data strongly support that estimates of SAR should include serological data to improve accuracy and understanding. |
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spelling | pubmed-101248292023-04-25 Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study Gaskell, Katherine M. El Kheir, Natalie Mirfendesky, Mariyam Rampling, Tommy Marks, Michael Houlihan, Catherine F. Lemonge, Norbert Bristowe, Hannah Aslam, Suhail Kyprianou, Demetra Nastouli, Eleni Goldblatt, David Fielding, Katherine Moore, David A. J. PLoS One Research Article Historically SARS-CoV-2 secondary attack rates (SAR) have been based on PCR positivity on screening symptomatic contacts; this misses transmission events and identifies only symptomatic contacts who are PCR positive at the time of sampling. We used serology to detect the relative transmissibility of Alpha Variant of Concern (VOC) to non-VOC SARS-CoV-2 to calculate household secondary attack rates. We identified index patients diagnosed with Alpha and non-VOC SARS-CoV-2 across two London Hospitals between November 2020 and January 2021 during a prolonged and well adhered national lockdown. We completed a household seroprevalence survey and found that 61.8% of non-VOC exposed household contacts were seropositive compared to 82.1% of Alpha exposed household contacts. The odds of infection doubled with exposure to an index diagnosed with Alpha. There was evidence of transmission events in almost all households. Our data strongly support that estimates of SAR should include serological data to improve accuracy and understanding. Public Library of Science 2023-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10124829/ /pubmed/37093796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284372 Text en © 2023 Gaskell et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gaskell, Katherine M. El Kheir, Natalie Mirfendesky, Mariyam Rampling, Tommy Marks, Michael Houlihan, Catherine F. Lemonge, Norbert Bristowe, Hannah Aslam, Suhail Kyprianou, Demetra Nastouli, Eleni Goldblatt, David Fielding, Katherine Moore, David A. J. Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title | Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title_full | Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title_fullStr | Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title_short | Comparison of new and emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. A comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
title_sort | comparison of new and emerging sars-cov-2 variant transmissibility through active contact testing. a comparative cross-sectional household seroprevalence study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124829/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37093796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284372 |
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