Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Children and Adolescents

In an outbreak of Covid-19 at a summer camp, 224 confirmed cases in children and adolescents 7 to 19 years of age were identified. After the campers returned home, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred in 35 of 194 households (18%), with a secondary attack rate of 45% among household members.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2021-09, Vol.385 (10), p.954-956
Hauptverfasser:	Chu, Victoria T, Yousaf, Anna R, Chang, Karen, Schwartz, Noah G, McDaniel, Clinton J, Lee, Scott H, Szablewski, Christine M, Brown, Marie, Drenzek, Cherie L, Dirlikov, Emilio, Rose, Dale A, Villanueva, Julie, Fry, Alicia M, Hall, Aron J, Kirking, Hannah L, Tate, Jacqueline E, Lanzieri, Tatiana M, Stewart, Rebekah J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescents Age Antigens Asymptomatic Childhood Diseases Children Confidence intervals Coronavirus Coronaviruses Correspondence COVID-19 Disease prevention Disease transmission General & Internal Medicine Households Infections Infectious Disease Life Sciences & Biomedicine Masks Medicine, General & Internal Patients Pediatrics Pediatrics General Science & Technology Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:	In an outbreak of Covid-19 at a summer camp, 224 confirmed cases in children and adolescents 7 to 19 years of age were identified. After the campers returned home, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred in 35 of 194 households (18%), with a secondary attack rate of 45% among household members.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMc2031915