Interplay Between Viral Shedding, Age, and Symptoms in Individual Infectivity of COVID-19 Breakthrough Infections in Households
Age, symptoms, and living conditions were significant risk factors for breakthrough infections during the Omicron outbreak. Suburban settings, smaller spaces, and two-member households enhance transmission risks. These findings inform targeted interventions to reduce household transmission.
Authors
- Daitao Zhang
- Shuaibing Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0771-5055)
- Zhaomin Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-7662)
- Quanyi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-2503)
- Tim K. Tsang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5037-6776)
- Xiaoli Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3128-649X)
- Yi Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0831-6275)
- Peng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-2575)
- Ying Sun
- Lei Jia
- Shuyu Ni
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HK)
- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CN)
- Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (HK)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Vaccines
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines13030329
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Beijing Science and Technology Planning Project