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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct:225:249-251.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.07.009. Epub 2020 Jul 4.

Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Adults to Children

Chee Fu Yung  1 , Kai-Qian Kam  2 , Chia Yin Chong  3 , Karen Donceras Nadua  2 , Jiahui Li  2 , Natalie Woon Hui Tan  3 , Sashikumar Ganapathy  4 , Khai Pin Lee  4 , Kee Chong Ng  5 , Yoke Hwee Chan  5 , Koh Cheng Thoon  3
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Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Adults to Children

Chee Fu Yung et al. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Knowledge of transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from adults to children in household settings is limited. We found an attack rate among 213 children in 137 households to be 6.1% in households with confirmed adult 2019 novel coronavirus disease index case(s). Transmission from adult to child occurred in only 5.2% of households. Young children <5 years old were at lowest risk of infection (1.3%). Children were most likely to be infected if the household index case was the mother.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; children; household; transmission.

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