ArticleInfluenza and other respiratory viruses2025
Variability in the Population Diffusion Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 by Exposure Setting and Its Roles in Driving Epidemic Dynamics.
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backgroundIdentifying transmission events that trigger epidemic spread is paramount for informing outbreak control. This study characterised the population diffusion patterns of SARS-CoV-2 across exposure settings and evaluate their ramifications in epidemic growth.
methodsIn Hong Kong, COVID-19 clusters delineated through case-based surveillance during the pandemic period were classified into eight exposure settings: residence, home gathering, neighbourhood, workplace (office)/school, workplace (non-office), daily activity, social activity and healthcare. Diffusion patterns characterised by outbreak size, speed and likelihood of spillover (cases seeding a new cluster) were compared among settings. With different clusters emerging, the lagged effect on effective reproduction number (R
resultsBetween January 2020 and January 2022, some 2800 clusters involving 14,202 cases were identified over five epidemic waves precipitated by outbreaks occurring in daily activity (wave I/III), social activity (wave II/IV) and neighbourhood (wave V-Omicron). Adjusted for variations by epidemic wave, the largest and fastest spread was observed in neighbourhood, averaging a size of 11.9 and daily generation of 1.18 cases per cluster. Spillover was the most common for social activity clusters with each of which normally breeding 3.73 onward clusters, compared to 0.18 for residential clusters. A cluster emerging in neighbourhood, social activity and daily activity was estimated to raise the R
conclusionsNeighbourhood and social activity outbreaks were inclined to induce epidemic spread, warranting the need for prioritised mitigation and targeted implementation of precautionary measures during both epidemics and peak season of respiratory infection.
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