%0 Journal Article
%T Household Transmission of Tinea Infections: Analysis of a Large Commercial Health Insurance Claims Database, United States, 2021.
%A Benedict K
%A Lipner SR
%A Caplan AS
%A Gold JAW
%J Open Forum Infect Dis
%V 11
%N 7
%D 2024 Jul
%M 38957688
%F 4.423
%R 10.1093/ofid/ofae334
%X Among 207 914 multimember households with a tinea case, a secondary case was diagnosed in another household member in 8.5%. Excluding same-day diagnoses (20%), the median time from index case to first secondary case was 138 days. To prevent household tinea transmission, appropriate treatment and strategies to reduce environmental contamination are needed.