Importance Crowded indoor environments, such as households, are high-risk settings for the
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Objectives …

Background Understanding the drivers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) transmission is crucial for control policies, but evidence of transmission rates …

Importance A previous systematic review and meta-analysis of household transmission of
SARS-CoV-2 that summarized 54 published studies through October 19, 2020, found an …

SARS-CoV-2 has spread across the world, causing high mortality and unprecedented
restrictions on social and economic activity. Policymakers are assessing how best to …

Importance As a result of low numbers of pediatric cases early in the COVID-19 pandemic,
pediatric household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 remains an understudied topic. Objective …

Background Although much of the public health effort to combat coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) has focused on disease control strategies in public settings, transmission of …

Importance The degree to which children and adolescents are infected by and transmit
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is unclear. The role of …

Background We aimed to detect SARS-CoV-2 serum antibodies in the general population of
the Netherlands and identify risk factors for seropositivity amidst the first COVID-19 epidemic …

Important questions remain unanswered regarding why children have mild disease
compared with adults; how children of different ages contribute to asymptomatic community …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Top public health experts and organizations strongly
recommend universal masking for children older than 2 years old during the COVID‐19 …