@article{73a97abb40464c64be4a56e7fe401acc,
title = "Clustering of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Households of Patients Diagnosed in the Outpatient Setting in Baltimore, Maryland",
abstract = "In an outpatient cohort in Maryland, clustering of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) positivity within households was high, with 76% of 74 households reporting at least 1 other symptomatic person and 66% reporting another person who tested SARS-CoV-2 positive. SARS-CoV-2 positivity among household members was associated with larger household size and bedroom sharing.",
keywords = "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, epidemiology, household contact",
author = "{Ambulatory COVID Study Team} and Demko, {Zoe O.} and Antar, {Annukka A.R.} and Blair, {Paul W.} and Lambrou, {Anastasia S.} and Tong Yu and Diane Brown and Walch, {Samantha N.} and Armstrong, {Derek T.} and Mostafa, {Heba H.} and Keruly, {Jeanne C.} and Thomas, {David L.} and Manabe, {Yukari C.} and Mehta, {Shruti H.} and Carolyn Reuland and Razvan Azamfirei and Hardick, {Justin P.} and Taylor Church and Sewell, {Thelio T.} and Sara Keller and Lauren Sauer and Jeffrey Tornheim and Jennifer Townsend and Vismaya Bachu and Brittany Barnaba and Curtisha Charles and Weiwei Dai and Christine Payton and Joelle Fuchs and Jeffrey Holden and Minyoung Jang and Johnstone, {J. R.} and Kate Kruczynski and Oyinkansola Kusemiju and Lucy Li and Amanda Tuchler and Montana, {Manuela Plazas} and Michelle Prizzi and Rebecca Ursin",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine COVID-19 Research Fund (to Y.C.M.) and the Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Center for Environmental Infectious Diseases Discovery Program (to P.W.B. and Y.C.M.). Additional support was provided by the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research (grant number P30 AI09418) and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (grant number UL1 TR003098). Salary support for Y.C.M. was from the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers U54EB007958-12, U5411090366, U54HL143541-02S2, UM1AI068613). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Author(s).",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/ofid/ofab121",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
journal = "Open Forum Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2328-8957",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}