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SUBMITTER: Madera S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7862672 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madera Sharline S Crawford Emily E Langelier Charles C Tran Nam K NK Thornborrow Ed E Miller Steve S DeRisi Joseph L JL
Scientific reports 20210204 1
The role of children in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has become a matter of urgent debate as societies in the US and abroad consider how to safely reopen schools. Small studies have suggested higher viral loads in young children. Here we present a multicenter investigation on over five thousand SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by real-time reverse transcription (RT) PCR assay. Notably, we found no discernable difference in amount of viral nucleic acid among young children and adults. ...[more]