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

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.022

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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 Galow¹, Luise Haag², Elisabeth Kahre², Judith Blankenburg², Alexander H Dalpke³, Christian Lück³, Reinhard Berner², Jakob P Armann²

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¹ Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: lukas.galow@ukdd.de.
² Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
³ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 33930468
PMCID: PMC8079264
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.022

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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.

. 2021 Jul;83(1):e34-e36.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.022. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

Authors

Lukas Galow¹, Luise Haag², Elisabeth Kahre², Judith Blankenburg², Alexander H Dalpke³, Christian Lück³, Reinhard Berner², Jakob P Armann²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: lukas.galow@ukdd.de.
² Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
³ Institute for Medical Microbiology and Virology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.

PMID: 33930468
PMCID: PMC8079264
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.022

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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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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Wang Z, Ma W, Zheng X, Wu G, Zhang R. Wang Z, et al. J Infect. 2020 Jul;81(1):179-182. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.040. Epub 2020 Apr 10. J Infect. 2020. PMID: 32283139 Free PMC article.

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[1] Wang Z., Ma W., Zheng X., Wu G., Zhang R. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2. J Infect. 2020;81:179–182. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.040. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Wang Z., Ma W., Zheng X., Wu G., Zhang R. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2. J Infect. 2020;81:179–182. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.03.040. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Madewell Z.J., Yang Y., Longini I.M., Halloran M.E., Dean N.E. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31756. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Madewell Z.J., Yang Y., Longini I.M., Halloran M.E., Dean N.E. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.31756. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Soriano-Arandes A., Gatell A., Serrano P., Biosca M., Campillo F., Capdevila R. Household SARS-CoV-2 transmission and children: a network prospective study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab228. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Soriano-Arandes A., Gatell A., Serrano P., Biosca M., Campillo F., Capdevila R. Household SARS-CoV-2 transmission and children: a network prospective study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab228. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Laxminarayan R., Wahl B., Dudala S.R., Gopal K., Chandra Mohan B., Neelima S. Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states. Science. 2020;370:691–697. doi: 10.1126/science.abd7672. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Laxminarayan R., Wahl B., Dudala S.R., Gopal K., Chandra Mohan B., Neelima S. Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states. Science. 2020;370:691–697. doi: 10.1126/science.abd7672. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Lewis N.M., Chu V.T., Ye D., Conners E.E., Gharpure R., Laws R.L. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1166. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Lewis N.M., Chu V.T., Ye D., Conners E.E., Gharpure R., Laws R.L. Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1166. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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