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Loss of natural immunity from lower rates of influenza infection and documented antigenic changes in circulating viruses may have resulted in increased susceptibility to influenza virus infection during the 2021-2022 influenza season.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-5\"><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To compare the risk of influenza virus infection among household contacts of patients with influenza during the 2021-2022 influenza season with risk of influenza virus infection among household contacts during influenza seasons before the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-6\"><jats:title>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>This prospective study of influenza transmission enrolled households in 2 states before the COVID-19 pandemic (2017-2020) and in 4 US states during the 2021-2022 influenza season. Primary cases were individuals with the earliest laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H3N2) virus infection in a household. Household contacts were people living with the primary cases who self-collected nasal swabs daily for influenza molecular testing and completed symptom diaries daily for 5 to 10 days after enrollment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-7\"><jats:title>Exposures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Household contacts living with a primary case.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-8\"><jats:title>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Relative risk of laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H3N2) virus infection in household contacts during the 2021-2022 season compared with prepandemic seasons. Risk estimates were adjusted for age, vaccination status, frequency of interaction with the primary case, and household density. Subgroup analyses by age, vaccination status, and frequency of interaction with the primary case were also conducted.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-9\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>During the prepandemic seasons, 152 primary cases (median age, 13 years; 3.9% Black; 52.0% female) and 353 household contacts (median age, 33 years; 2.8% Black; 54.1% female) were included and during the 2021-2022 influenza season, 84 primary cases (median age, 10 years; 13.1% Black; 52.4% female) and 186 household contacts (median age, 28.5 years; 14.0% Black; 63.4% female) were included in the analysis. During the prepandemic influenza seasons, 20.1% (71\/353) of household contacts were infected with influenza A(H3N2) viruses compared with 50.0% (93\/186) of household contacts in 2021-2022. The adjusted relative risk of A(H3N2) virus infection in 2021-2022 was 2.31 (95% CI, 1.86-2.86) compared with prepandemic seasons.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-joi230001-10\"><jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>Among cohorts in 5 US states, there was a significantly increased risk of household transmission of influenza A(H3N2) in 2021-2022 compared with prepandemic seasons. 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