Nature Communications (Sep 2022)
Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 in Denmark
- Frederik Plesner Lyngse,
- Carsten Thure Kirkeby,
- Matthew Denwood,
- Lasse Engbo Christiansen,
- Kåre Mølbak,
- Camilla Holten Møller,
- Robert Leo Skov,
- Tyra Grove Krause,
- Morten Rasmussen,
- Raphael Niklaus Sieber,
- Thor Bech Johannesen,
- Troels Lillebaek,
- Jannik Fonager,
- Anders Fomsgaard,
- Frederik Trier Møller,
- Marc Stegger,
- Maria Overvad,
- Katja Spiess,
- Laust Hvas Mortensen
Affiliations
- Frederik Plesner Lyngse
- Department of Economics & Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality, University of Copenhagen
- Carsten Thure Kirkeby
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Matthew Denwood
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- Lasse Engbo Christiansen
- Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science; Dynamical Systems, Technical University of Denmark
- Kåre Mølbak
- Statens Serum Institut
- Camilla Holten Møller
- Statens Serum Institut
- Robert Leo Skov
- Statens Serum Institut
- Tyra Grove Krause
- Statens Serum Institut
- Morten Rasmussen
- Statens Serum Institut
- Raphael Niklaus Sieber
- Statens Serum Institut
- Thor Bech Johannesen
- Statens Serum Institut
- Troels Lillebaek
- Statens Serum Institut
- Jannik Fonager
- Statens Serum Institut
- Anders Fomsgaard
- Statens Serum Institut
- Frederik Trier Møller
- Statens Serum Institut
- Marc Stegger
- Statens Serum Institut
- Maria Overvad
- Statens Serum Institut
- Katja Spiess
- Statens Serum Institut
- Laust Hvas Mortensen
- Statistics Denmark
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33498-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
In this study, the authors use household data from Denmark to investigate the transmissibility of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants. They find that the secondary attack rate was higher for BA.2, but that it had higher infectiousness only when cases were not vaccinated.
