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. 2021 Jul;83(1):e34-e36.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.022. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

Lower household transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 from children compared to adults

Lukas Galow  1 , Luise Haag  2 , Elisabeth Kahre  2 , Judith Blankenburg  2 , Alexander H Dalpke  3 , Christian Lück  3 , Reinhard Berner  2 , Jakob P Armann  2
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Lower household transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 from children compared to adults

Lukas Galow et al. J Infect. 2021 Jul.
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Declaration of Competing Interest A.D., R.B. and J.A. report grants from Federal State of Saxony during the conduct of the study.

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