Open AccessIncreased Residential Clustering of COVID-19 Cases Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern B.1.1.7
Author(s) -
Joe Flannagan,
Katherine A. Twohig,
Emma Carter,
Dimple Chudasama,
Theresa Lamagni,
Gavin Dabrera
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001497
Subject(s) - odds ratio , confidence interval , odds , medicine , demography , logistic regression , population , cluster (spacecraft) , environmental health , computer science , sociology , programming language
The emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.1.7 variant in England in 2020 and subsequent global spread emphasized the need to understand epidemiologic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants. A diagnostic proxy for this variant, referred to as S-gene target failure, provided a rich dataset to assess transmissibility of the variant in an analysis of clustering in residential settings.