medRxiv, 26 May 2020 - Estimating Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Title:
Estimating Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Authors:
Mihaela Curmei, Andrew Ilyas, Owain Evans & Jacob Steinhardt

Published:
medRxiv, 26 May 2020
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.23.20111559v1
[Keep in mind that this article is not yet peer-reviewed.]

From the abstract:
Introduction and Goals: 
"SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted both in the community and within households. Social distancing and lockdowns reduce community transmission but do not directly address household transmission. We provide quantitative measures of household transmission based on empirical data, and estimate the contribution of households to overall spread. We highlight policy implications from our analysis of household transmission, and more generally, of changes in contact patterns under social distancing."

Scholarly Article [medRxiv, 30 March 2020] - Children are unlikely to have been the primary source of household SARS-CoV-2 infections

Title:
Children are unlikely to have been the primary source of household SARS-CoV-2 infections

Authors:
Yanshan Zhu, Conor J Bloxham, Katina D Hulme, Jane E Sinclair, Zhen Wei Marcus Tong, Lauren E Steele, Ellesandra C Noye, Jiahai Lu, Keng Yih Chew, Janessa Pickering, Charles Gilks, Asha C Bowen & Kirsty R Short

Published:
medRxiv, 30 March 2020 
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.26.20044826v1
This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed.

From the abstract:
"Since its identification on the 7th of January 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to more than 180 countries worldwide, causing >11,000 deaths. At present, viral disease and transmission amongst children is incompletely understood. Specifically, there is concern that children could be an important source of SARS-CoV-2 in household transmission clusters."