Volume 10, Number 2, February 2004

Secondary Household Transmission of SARS, Singapore

Denise Li-Meng Goh,* Bee Wah Lee,* Kee Seng Chia,* Bee Hoon Heng,† Mark Chen,‡ Stefan Ma,§ and Chorh Chuan Tan,§
*National University of Singapore, Singapore; †National Healthcare Group, Singapore; ‡Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; and §Ministry of Health, Singapore

Figure. Survival analysis for secondary household transmission (Cox regression model). Household contacts were more likely to get SARS if the index was older or a nonhealthcare worker. Hazard ratios of risk factors analyzed are tabulated in Table 2. The -2log likelihood for this analysis was 253.77. HH, household; HCW, healthcare worker; NHCW, nonhealthcare worker.

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