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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022

Household secondary attack rate in SARS-CoV-2 infection during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in South India.

Binu Areekal, Navya C Joseph, Maneesha P Rajan, Reshmy K Ravindran, Anagha S Vijayan, Emmanuelle Vanlalhriatpuii

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Binu AreekalDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Navya C JosephDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Maneesha P RajanDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Reshmy K RavindranDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Anagha S VijayanDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
Emmanuelle VanlalhriatpuiiDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
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Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a major public health problem since its inception disrupting public life and crippling health systems. The mutated variant of the causative virus, Delta, has been notorious in causing rapid upsurge in cases compared to the Alpha variant. The current study tries to find out the household secondary attack rate (HSAR) of COVID-19 and factors associated with it during the second wave of cases in Kerala. Methodology: A retrospective cohort study was performed among 313 household contacts of 76 COVID-19 patients who had been admitted in Government Medical College, Thrissur, in the southern state of India, Kerala. Data from the participants were collected via phone using a semi-structured interview schedule, and analysis was performed with SPSS software. Results: The HSAR among household contacts was 59.1% (53.4-64.6%). The risk of acquiring COVID infection among household contacts was higher among contacts of symptomatic index cases with a Conclusion: The study concludes that the second wave of COVID-19 in Kerala was primarily caused by a high SAR, especially among household contacts, and this could have been the reason for the difficulty in control measures during the wave.

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COVID-19Delta varianthousehold contactshousehold secondary attack rateHSARKerala

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