Lauren A Paul

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that younger children may be more likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with older children, and the highest odds of transmission was observed for children aged 0 to 3 years.

TL;DR: In this article, a cohort was assembled of all laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 residing in private households in Ontario, Canada, and logistic regression models were fit to determine index case characteristics and neighbourhood characteristics associated with transmission.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the household secondary attack rate (SAR) to understand its relationship to household size and index case characteristics, and proposed immediate testing as a method to reduce household transmission and incidence of COVID-19.

TL;DR: It is important for individuals to get tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection as soon as symptoms appear, and to isolate away from household contacts; this is particularly important in neighbourhoods with large family sizes and/or crowded households.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated factors associated with timely testing and reporting of COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave in one province of Canada, Ontario from the date of the first confirmed case in Ontario (January 25) to July 19, 2020.