Evaluating Household Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States Using Population-based Surveillance Data, 2013

Evaluating Household Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States Using Population-based Surveillance Data, 2013–2016

Published:2019-08-13 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Adebanjo Tolulope¹^ORCID,Apostol Mirasol²,Alden Nisha³,Petit Susan⁴,Tunali Amy⁵,Torres Salina⁶,Hollick Rosemary⁷,Bell Austin⁸,Muse Alison⁹,Poissant Tasha¹⁰,Schaffner William¹¹,Van Beneden Chris A¹²

Affiliation:

1. Epidemic Intelligence Service and Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

2. California Emerging Infections Program, Oakland

3. Colorado Emerging Infections Program, Denver

4. Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford

5. Georgia Emerging Infections Program, Atlanta

6. New Mexico Department of Health, Sante Fe

7. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

8. Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul

9. New York State Department of Health, Albany

10. Oregon Health Authority, Portland

11. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

12. Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

Abstract Using population-based surveillance data, we quantified the secondary invasive group A Streptococcus disease risk among household contacts. The disease risk in the 30 days postexposure to an index-case patient was highest among individuals aged ≥65 years, versus the annual background incidence of all ages.

Funder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciz716/29581656/ciz716.pdf

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