December 18, 2020
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
ComCor study on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2: where are French people catching the virus?
The Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos Social Research Institute, recently presented the results of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances and places of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The aim of the study was to identify the socio-demographic factors, places visited and behaviors associated with a higher risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2. The study contains two parts:
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the first part describes the circumstances of infection of index cases diagnosed positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the curfew period, especially when the person considered as the source of infection is known;
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the second part compares the characteristics, behaviors and practices of the index cases with those of a second series of individuals, matched in terms of age, sex, region and population density, during the curfew and lockdown periods.