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. 2020 Aug 28:piaa102. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa102

SARS-CoV-2 Point Prevalence among Asymptomatic Hospitalized Children and Subsequent Healthcare Worker Evaluation

Ami B Patel 1,2,✉, Andrea Clifford 1, Julie Creaden 1, Kimberly Kato 1, Marcelo R Malakooti 1,2, William J Muller 1,2, Anna O’Donnell 1, Sally Reynolds 1,2, Karen Richey 1, Jason Rippe 1, Derek S Wheeler 1,2, Larry K Kociolek 1,2,✉
PMCID: PMC7499659  PMID: 32857134

Abstract

Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriage among hospitalized children and the risk of transmission to healthcare workers (HCW) was evaluated through a point prevalence survey. We estimated a low, 1-2%, prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among children without symptoms of COVID-19 and there were no secondary transmission events among HCW exposed to these patients

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, asymptomatic, healthcare worker, children

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