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Editorial
. 2020 Sep:15:1201-1206.
doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0195. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the ambiguous role of children and considerations for the reopening of schools in the fall

Cleo Anastassopoulou  1 , Nicholas Spanakis  1 , Athanasios Tsakris  1
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Editorial

SARS-CoV-2 transmission, the ambiguous role of children and considerations for the reopening of schools in the fall

Cleo Anastassopoulou et al. Future Microbiol. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Tweetable abstract The reopening of schools in the fall entails risks given the controversies in pediatric COVID-19 pathogenesis and the ambiguous role of children in transmission.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; children; novel coronavirus; pediatric cases; reopening; schools; transmission.

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