Low transmission of SARS-CoV-2 derived from children in family clusters: An observational study of family households in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Spain.
Maria Mele-CasasCristian LaunesMariona F de SevillaMaria Hernandez-GarciaGemma Pons-TomasQuique BassatVictoria FumadoClaudia FortunyAleix Garcia-MiquelElisenda Bonet-CarneClara PratsSara AjanovicMarta CubellsJoana ClaverolDaniel Penela-SanchezCristina JouSara AriasNuria BalanzaBarbara BaroPere Millat-MartinezSergio AlonsoEnric Alvarez-LacalleMartí CatalàDaniel CuadrasCarmen Muñoz-AlmagroEduard GratacosIolanda JordanJuan-José García-GarcíaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Children may not be the main drivers of the infection in household transmission clusters in the study population. A prolonged positive PCR could be associated with higher transmissibility.