The impact of household physical distancing and its timing on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Insights from a household transmission evaluation study
These results demonstrate how behavior changes following infection awareness reduce transmission. Implementing physical distancing earlier, at symptom onset, could further limit secondary infections and enhance household transmission control.
Authors
- Christel Faes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1878-9869)
- Niel Hens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-0637)
- Melissa A. Rolfes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0483-9941)
- Carrie Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7944-7638)
- Alexandra M. Mellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-1425)
- Pietro Coletti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-1692)
- Edward A. Belongia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7478-0415)
- H. Keipp Talbot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-1760)
- Ahra Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4510-7453)
- Huong Q. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-6439)
- Yuwei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-1634)
- Carlos Gabriel Grijalva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2329-7797)
- Jessica Biddle
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Marshfield Clinic (US)
- Hasselt University (BE)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemics
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2025.100868
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases