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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Research

Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Pets, Washington and Idaho, USA

Julianne MeisnerComments to Author , Timothy V. Baszler, Kathryn E. Kuehl, Vickie Ramirez, Anna Baines, Lauren A. Frisbie, Eric T. Lofgren, David M. de Avila, Rebecca M. Wolking, Dan S. Bradway, Hannah R. Wilson, Beth Lipton1, Vance Kawakami, and Peter M. Rabinowitz
Author affiliations: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (J. Meisner, V. Ramirez, A. Baines, P.M. Rabinowitz); Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (T.V. Baszler, K.E. Kuehl, E.T. Lofgren, D.M. de Avila, R.M. Wolking, D.S. Bradway, H.R. Wilson); Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA (L.A. Frisbie); Public Health Seattle and King County, Seattle (B. Lipton, V. Kawakami)

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Figure 1

Directed acyclic graph for human‒animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Washington and Idaho, USA. Squares indicate exposures of interest and circles indicate outcomes (approximated by serostatus, PCR result, and illness in separate models). Measured and unmeasured confounders are included. SARS-CoV-2‒positive household member(s) took precautions to prevent transmission to pet. Indoor-only indicates the animal does not go outdoors; bedshare indicates the animal shares a bed with >1 household members. HAB, human‒animal bond; SES, socioeconomic status.

Figure 1. Directed acyclic graph for human‒animal transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Washington and Idaho, USA. Squares indicate exposures of interest and circles indicate outcomes (approximated by serostatus, PCR result, and illness in separate models). Measured and unmeasured confounders are included. SARS-CoV-2‒positive household member(s) took precautions to prevent transmission to pet. Indoor-only indicates the animal does not go outdoors; bedshare indicates the animal shares a bed with >1 household members. HAB, human‒animal bond; SES, socioeconomic status.

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1Current affiliation: Washington State Department of Health, Shoreline, Washington, USA.

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