Contagion of coronavirus disease—the first family cluster of Pakistan: a case series Authors Aisha Fareed Siddiqui Department of Internal Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Nosheen Nasir Department of Infectious Diseases, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.5128 Abstract Coronavirus Disease has resulted in public health crisis all over the world. We describe the case series of a family, who travelled together to a mass gathering in Iraq, toured Syria, Lebanon, and Doha and returned to Karachi. The data describes the demographic and clinical features of these six members. There were three males and three females. One developed severe disease and died. Incubation period was between 8-14 days. Four patients were symptomatic, had diabetes mellitus and hypertension; and presented with fever. They also had bilateral airspace opacifications on chest X-ray. Our study describes familial clustering of SARS-CoV-2 and its person-to-person transmission. Keywords: Covid-19, Family cluster, Mass gathering, Epidemiological features. Author Biography Nosheen Nasir, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Infectious Disease Consultant Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-02-15 How to Cite Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, & Nasir, N. (2023). Contagion of coronavirus disease—the first family cluster of Pakistan: a case series. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(3), 663–687. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.5128 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 3 (2023): March Section CASE SERIES