Secondary household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and adolescents: Clinical and epidemiological aspects.
Eliane T AfonsoSolomar M MarquesLusmaia D C CostaPatrícia M FortesFernanda PeixotoDanielli C Bichuetti-SilvaNatália D A AredesClaci F W RossoFaétila Dos S OliveiraFabíola S FiaccadoriMenira B de L D E SouzaElisângela de P Silveira-LacerdaGabriela S BazilioClayton Luiz BorgesJuliana A P RochaAlessandra V NaghettiniPaulo S S da CostaRafael Alves GuimarãesPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2021)
Our results contribute to the hypothesis that children and adolescents are not important sources of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the home environment during a period of social distancing and school closure; even though they are susceptible to infection in the household (around ¼ of our study population).