Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Synopsis
Transmissibility of MERS-CoV Infection in Closed Setting, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015
Table 3
Bivariate analyses of reported exposures to known MERS patient, including overall cohort, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015*
Reported exposure | Case-patients, no. (%), n = 19 | Non–case-patients, no. (%), n = 809 | p value† | RR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Direct contact with known (symptomatic) MERS-CoV case-patient | 11 (57.9) | 43 (5.3) | <0.001 | 10.9 (6.7–17.6) |
Shared bedroom with known case-patient | 6 (31.6) | 10 (1.2) | <0.001 | 25.5 (10.3–63.1) |
Shared kitchen with known case-patient | 4 (21.1) | 11 (1.4) | <0.001 | 15.5 (5.4–44.2) |
Shared bathroom with known case-patient | 6 (31.6) | 10 (1.2) | <0.001 | 25.5(10.3–63.1) |
Shared meal with known case-patient | 5 (26.3) | 11 (1.4) | <0.001 | 19.4 (7.5–50.3) |
Shared transportation to/from place of employment with known case-patient | 5 (26.3) | 18 (2.2) | <0.001 | 11.8 (4.9–28.5) |
Reported nondirect contact with case-patient‡ | 4 (21.1) | 11 (1.4) | <0.001 | 15.5 (5.4–44.2) |
*CoV, coronavirus; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; RR, risk ratio.
†By χ2 test.
‡No physical contact, nonphysical contact (including talk to the known case-patient).
1Current affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
2Current affiliation: King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.