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Reconstruction of SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility within households in the UK Virus Watch Study

2025-06-14 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Households provide ideal settings to study SARS-CoV-2 transmission due to close proximity and extended exposure among members. Understanding transmission patterns is crucial for implementing effective control measures. We analysed whole genome sequences from 237 subjects across 162 households within the Virus Watch Prospective Community Cohort Study (372 total participants). We incorporated minority variants as indicators of within-host genomic diversity into phylogenetic models to reconstruct v...

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