The role of children in household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 across four waves of the pandemic

TL Fuller, L Bastos, MS Carvalho… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background It is important to understand the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in close-
contact settings such as households. We hypothesized that children would most often …

Cohort-profile: Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a low-resource community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

P Brasil, L Damasceno, T Fuller, LS Bastos, OG Cruz… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose To better understand the household transmission of SARS-COV-2 in a low-
resource community in Rio de Janeiro during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022) …

SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics in children and household contacts in a slum in Rio de Janeiro

P Lugon, T Fuller, L Damasceno, G Calvet… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES To investigate the dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in a vulnerable population of children and their household …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from children and adolescents

VT Chu, AR Yousaf, K Chang, NG Schwartz… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
A better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from children and adolescents is
crucial for informing public health mitigation strategies. We conducted a retrospective cohort …

[HTML][HTML] No spread of SARS-CoV-2 from infected symptomatic children to parents: a prospective cohort study in a controlled hospital setting

F Nunziata, M Poeta, E Vassallo, GI Continisio… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The transmission rates severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) from children to adults are unclear due to a lack of controlled conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, contacts, and relative risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children during school closures

JY Sim, PS Wu, CF Cheng, GT Yiang, CH Yu - Journal of Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Characteristics of children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-
2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Taiwanese households is nascent. We sought to characterize SARS …

Household transmission and clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infections

HQ McLean, CG Grijalva, KE Hanson, Y Zhu… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Examine age differences in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) transmission risk from primary cases and infection risk among household …

[HTML][HTML] Lower SARS-CoV-2 household transmission in children and adolescents compared to adults

L Schumm, J Blankenburg, E Kahre, J Armann… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In the COVID-19 pandemic, children were considered to play a major role in SARS-CoV-2
transmission similar to influenza. Thus, mitigation measures have been focused on children …

[HTML][HTML] Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from unvaccinated asymptomatic and symptomatic household members with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection: an …

M Bhatt, AC Plint, K Tang, R Malley, AP Huy… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Household transmission contributes to SARS-CoV-2 spread, but the role of
children in transmission is unclear. We conducted a study that included symptomatic and …

Household severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 transmission and children: a network prospective study

A Soriano-Arandes, A Gatell, P Serrano… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The role of children in household transmission of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains unclear. We describe the epidemiological …