Household Transmission Dynamics of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-Infected Children: A Multinational, Controlled Case-Ascertained Prospective Study.
Anna-Louise FunkTodd Adam FlorinNathan KuppermannYaron FinkelsteinAlissa KazakoffMichael BaldovskyDaniel J TancrediKristen BreslinKelly R BergmannMichael GardinerChristopher M PruittDeborah R LiuMark I NeumanMatthew WilkinsonLilliam AmbroggioXiao-Li PangSimon CauchemezRichard MalleyTerry P KlassenBonita E LeeDaniel C PayneSalaheddin M MahmudStephen B FreedmanPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-infected children, especially those <5 years, are important contributors to household transmission, with 1 in 10 exposed household contacts developing symptomatic illness within 14 days. Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-infected children may develop PCC.