Researchers show children are silent spreaders of virus that causes COVID-19

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/mgh-rsc081720.php


News Release 20-Aug-2020
Comprehensive pediatric study examines viral load, immune response and hyperinflammation in pediatric COVID-19

Massachusetts General Hospital

In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and an additional 18 children had late-onset, COVID-19-related illness. The infected children were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment.

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