Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Adults to Children.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from adults to children in household settings is limited. We found an attack rate among 213 children in 137 households to be 6.1% in households with confirmed adult 2019 novel coronavirus disease index case(s). Transmission from adult to child occurred in only 5.2% of households. Young children <5 years old were at lowest risk of infection (1.3%). Children were most likely to be infected if the household index case was the mother.

SUBMITTER: Yung CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334921 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature