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Primary and Secondary Attack Rates by Vaccination Status after a SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Outbreak at a Youth Summer Camp - Texas, June 2021

  • Julia M. Baker
  • , Melisa M. Shah
  • , Michelle O'hegarty
  • , Mary Pomeroy
  • , Philip Keiser
  • , Ping Ren
  • , Scott C. Weaver
  • , Sara Maknojia
  • , Rafael R.G. Machado
  • , Brooke M. Mitchell
  • , Allan Mcconnell
  • , Jacqueline E. Tate
  • , Hannah L. Kirking

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Abstract

Children are capable of initiating COVID-19 transmission into households, but many questions remain about the impact of vaccination on transmission. Data from a COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak at an overnight camp in Texas during June 23-27, 2021, were analyzed. The camp had 451 attendees, including 364 youths aged  < 18 years and 87 adults. Detailed interviews were conducted with 92 (20.4%) of consenting attendees and 117 household members of interviewed attendees with COVID-19. Among 450 attendees with known case status, the attack rate was 41%, including 42% among youths; attack rates were lower among vaccinated (13%) than among unvaccinated youths (48%). The secondary attack rate was 51% among 115 household contacts of 55 interviewed index patients. Secondary infections occurred in 67% of unvaccinated household members and 33% of fully or partially vaccinated household members. Analyses suggested that household member vaccination and camp attendee masking at home protected against household transmission.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)550-556
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume11
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2022

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • household transmission
  • vaccination
  • youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Infectious Diseases

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