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Understanding the role of asymptomatic infections in transmission is crucial for designing appropriate control strategies in this setting.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We utilized data from household studies conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh during 2006-2018 where a symptomatic confirmed cholera case and their household contacts were followed for thirty days. Vibriocidal antibodies, bacteriological culture, and symptom histories were collected at multiple times points. We used a hidden Markov model to estimate risk of infection from intra-household and extra-household (i.e., community and environmental) sources and to quantify relative risk of transmission from symptomatic and asymptomatic infected household contacts.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Estimated daily risk of intra-household infection from a symptomatic individual to another household member was 2.6% (95% CI: 0.4% \u2013 5.6%) and from an asymptomatic infected individual to another household member was 1.6% (95% CI: 0.2% \u2013 4.5%). We found no significant differences in probability of infection from asymptomatic compared to symptomatic individuals (OR: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.11 \u2013 3.23). We estimated that daily risk of infection from extra-household sources during follow-up was 1.0% (95% CI: 0.7% \u2013 1.4%).<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Mitigation measures focused solely on treatment of symptomatic cholera cases may be insufficient to prevent transmission in a household. This supports use of interventions that reduce risk of transmission irrespective of symptoms, such as prophylactic antibiotic treatment for household members and\/or providing safe water and hygiene kits following a confirmed household or community case.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.01.09.26343785","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,12]],"date-time":"2026-01-12T01:45:10Z","timestamp":1768182310000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Estimating the Transmission Potential of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Cholera Cases from Household Microbiological and Clinical Data"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"given":"Claire P.","family":"Smith","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 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