ReviewJournal of global health2020
The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV2: updated rapid review.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Measures implemented in the school setting to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 Circulation in the School Setting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools: An updated living systematic review (version 2; November 2020).Journal of global health · 2021Pooled it
- What is the evidence for transmission of COVID-19 by children in schools? A living systematic review.Journal of global health · 2020Pooled it
- COVID-19 RT-qPCR-based screening in Austrian schools and incidences in the general population: a Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Three years of COVID-19-related school restrictions and mental health of children and adolescents in Japan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- COVID-19 Disease in Under-5 Children: Current Status and Strategies for Prevention including Vaccination.Vaccines · 2023Review
- COVID-19 increased in Italian children in the autumn and winter 2021-2022 period when Omicron was the dominant variant.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2023Article
- The next 'pandemic playbook' needs to prioritize the needs of children-and a clear roadmap for opening schools.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Belgian French-Speaking Primary Schools: An Epidemiological Pilot Study.Viruses · 2022Article
- Knowledge of Teenagers and Young Adults about COVID-19 and Compliance with Social Distancing Guidelines.Southern medical journal · 2022Article
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- Isolated rhinorrhea in the presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection among preschool- versus school-aged children.Paediatrics & child health · 2022Article
- Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in front-line pediatric health care workers.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Decisions of Arab Minority Parents in Israel to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19.Vaccines · 2022Article
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- COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Booster Effects Are Seen in Human Milk Antibody Response.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Very High Negative Concordance Rate of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Swab and Tracheo-Bronchial Aspirate in Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundUnderstanding carriage and transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 in children is of paramount importance to understand the spread of virus in school and community settings.
methodsWe performed an updated rapid review to investigate the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. We synthesized evidence for five categories and results are reported narratively.
resultsA total of 33 new studies were included for this review. We did not identify additional studies that reported documented cases of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by children. We identified 15 new studies that demonstrate children's susceptibility and transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 with evidence provided on the chance of being index or secondary cases, the potential of faecal-oral transmission, and the possibility of asymptomatic transmission. There is little data on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in schools. There were three studies reporting COVID-19 school outbreaks in France (Oise), Australia (New South Wales) and Israel. The remaining four studies found that all reported cases did not infect any other pupils or staff. With data from seven studies and governmental websites, the proportion of children among all confirmed COVID-19 patients was estimated for 29 countries, varying from 0.3% (lowest in Spain) up to 13.8% (highest in Argentina). Lastly, we identified seven studies reporting on PIMS-TS linked to COVID-19 among paediatric patients.
conclusionsThere is somewhat limited evidence available for quantifying the extent to which children may contribute to overall transmission, but the balance of evidence so far suggests that children and schools play only a limited role in overall transmission.
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