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. 2021 Apr 30;15(4):e0009037. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009037

Table 4. Risk factors of SFTS human-to-human transmission in China and South Korea, 1996–2019.

Factors Contacts (No.) Attack rate Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Overall Secondary case P OR (95%CI) P OR (95%CI)
Relationship
    Blood relatives of index case 59 44 74.58% <0.01 6.35(3.26–12.37) N/A N/A
174 55 31.61%
    Medical personnel 85 19 22.35% <0.01 0.47(0.26–0.83) N/A N/A
225 86 38.22%
Types of contact
    Direct blood/bloody secretion contact 119 89 74.79% <0.01 38.01(19.73–73.23) <0.01 33.81(17.44–65.53)
221 16 7.24%
    Bloody droplet contact 57 34 59.65% <0.01 4.41(2.44–7.99) 0.048 2.27(1.01–5.19)
283 71 25.09%
    Airborne contact 288 70 24.31% <0.01 0.16(0.08–0.30) N/A N/A
52 35 67.31%
    Urine /Feces/Sweat contact 33 23 69.70% <0.01 6.31(2.88–13.82) N/A N/A
307 82 26.71%