Roles of children, isolation measures and socioeconomic status in SARS-CoV-2 household transmission: a retrospective cohort study in a southern US city.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There has been significant debate about both the role of children in SARS-CoV-2 community transmission as well as the potential harm or lack thereof of the virus in the paediatric population. We aimed to better understand how children are impacted by a SARS-CoV-2 household infection and to identify behavioural and social factors related to infection.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on households with children and a recent SARS-CoV-2 infection in Atlanta, GA. Participants were enrolled from December 2020 through November 2021. Salivary IgG against SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid antigens was measured and household and infection data collected and analysed.

Results

49 households participated, including 121 adults and 57 children with 118 (66%)

SUBMITTER: Fairley JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12853439 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature