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High Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Family Transmission in Children of Healthcare Workers During the First Pandemic Wave in Madrid, Spain

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2021

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Ana Méndez‐Echevarría, Talía Sainz, Beatriz de Felipe, Sonia Alcolea, Peter Olbrich, Walter Alfredo Goycochea-Valdivia, Luis Escosa‐García, Lorena Cobo, Cristina Calvo, Olaf Neth
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

We observed a very high SARS-CoV-2 transmission in children of HCW during the first pandemic wave, especially when both parents were symptomatic. Having a positive sibling was associated with seroconversion, supporting the important role of family clusters in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

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