Child transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Silverberg, BY Zhang, SNJ Li, C Burgert, HP Shulha… - BMC pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Understanding of the role of children in COVID-19 transmission has significant
implications for school and childcare policies, as well as appropriate targeting of vaccine …

COVID-19 in Children

P Zachariah - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2022 - id.theclinics.com
The historic advent of COVID-19 has not spared children. Since March 2020, close to 7
million children have tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Deaths in children and adolescents associated with COVID-19 and MIS-C in the United States

DW McCormick, LTC Richardson, PR Young… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and hospital course
among persons< 21 years of age with a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

The impact of school opening model on SARS-CoV-2 community incidence and mortality

Z Ertem, EM Schechter-Perkins, E Oster… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The role that traditional and hybrid in-person schooling modes contribute to the community
incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections relative to fully remote schooling is unknown. We …

School masking policies and secondary SARS-CoV-2 transmission

AE Boutzoukas, KO Zimmerman, M Inkelas… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, masking has been a widely used
mitigation practice in kindergarten through 12th grade (K–12) school districts to limit within …

COVID-19: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis in children

JG Deville, E Song, CP Ouellette - Up to Date, 2021 - uptodate.com
Starting in late 2019, a novel coronavirus rapidly spread throughout the world, resulting in a
global pandemic. The virus was designated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 testing to sustain in-person instruction and extracurricular activities in high schools—Utah, November 2020–March 2021

WA Lanier - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021 - cdc.gov
Utah implemented two high school COVID-19 testing programs to sustain in-person
instruction and extracurricular activities. During November 30, 2020–March 20, 2021 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of test to stay strategy on secondary and tertiary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K–12 schools—Lake County, Illinois, August 9–October 29, 2021

N Nemoto - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2021 - cdc.gov
During fall 2021, 90 Lake County, Illinois, schools implemented Test to Stay (TTS),
permitting eligible close contacts with masked COVID-19 exposures to remain in school …

Secondary transmission of COVID-19 in K–12 schools: findings from 2 states

AE Boutzoukas, KO Zimmerman, DK Benjamin… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES We evaluated the impact of distancing practices on secondary transmission of
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the degree of sports-associated …

Back to school: The effect of school visits during covid-19 on covid-19 transmission

D Bravata, JH Cantor, N Sood, CM Whaley - 2021 - nber.org
ABSTRACT Schools across the United States and the world have been closed in an effort to
mitigate the spread of COVID-19. However, the effect of school closure on COVID-19 …