Lessons from low seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study.
Zsolt SzépfalusiKlara SchmidthalerJustyna SieberSonja KopanjaFlorian GötzingerAnja SchoofJakub HozBirgit WillingerAthanasios MakristathisLukas WeseslindtnerKarin StiasnyBarbara BohlePavla KrotkaAlexandra GrafThomas FrischerPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021)
In schoolchildren, the infection rate with SARS-CoV-2 is low and associated with a mild or asymptomatic course of disease. Virus spreading seemed to occur more likely in intergenerational contacts than among siblings in the same household. The presence of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children may reflect protective adaptive immunity.