Roles of Children and Adolescents in COVID-19 Transmission in the Community: A Retrospective Analysis of Nationwide Data in Japan

Background: Roles of children and adolescents in spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community is not fully understood.Methods: We analyzed the data of 7,758 children and adolescents with COVID-19 and characteristics of secondary transmission generated by these cases using case info...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Tadatsugu Imamura, Mayuko Saito, Yura K. Ko, Takeaki Imamura, Kanako Otani, Hiroki Akaba, Kota Ninomiya, Yuki Furuse, Reiko Miyahara, Eiichiro Sando, Ikkoh Yasuda, Naho Tsuchiya, The National COVID-19 Cluster Response Taskforce, Motoi Suzuki, Hitoshi Oshitani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Subjects:	COVID-19 children adolescent secondary transmission household transmission
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.705882/full