Evaluating Household Transmission of Invasive Group A Streptococcus Disease in the United States Using Population-based Surveillance Data, 2013–2016. (13th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adebanjo, Tolulope; Apostol, Mirasol; Alden, Nisha; Petit, Susan; Tunali, Amy; Torres, Salina; Hollick, Rosemary; Bell, Austin; Muse, Alison; Poissant, Tasha; Schaffner, William; Van Beneden, Chris A
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 70:Number 7(2020)
• Page Start: 1478
• Page End: 1481
• Publication Date: 2019-08-13
• Subjects: group A Streptococcus -- Streptococcus pyogenes -- epidemiology -- surveillance -- disease transmission; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz716
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

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.