Table 1.
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in children
| Study | Participants n |
Median Age | Positive SARS-CoV-2 n (%) |
SARS-CoV-2 confirmed adult household contact n (%) |
Symptomatic adult household contact n (%) |
Sibling n (%) |
Community / Unknown n (%) |
International Travel (Imported) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garazzino et al.44 (Italy) |
168 | 2.3 | 168 (100) | 113 (67) | - | - | - | 0 (0) |
| Zachariah et al.43 (New York) |
50 | 9 | 50 (100) | 26 (52) | 9 (18) | - | - | - |
| Götzinger et al.49 (Europe) |
582 | 5 | 582 (100) | 324 (56) | - | 24 (4) | 234 (40) | - |
| Han et al.4 (South Korea) |
91 | 11 | 91 (100) | 57 (63)* | - | - | 15 (16) / 4 (4) | 15 (17) |
| Cura Yayla et al.46 (Turkey) |
220 | 10 | 220 (100) | 217 (99)∘ | - | - | - / 3 (1) | - |
| Lu et al.80 (Wuhan) |
171 | 6.7 | 171 (100) | 131 (77) | 23 (14) | 2 (1) / 15 (9) | ||
| Yonker et al.81 (MA, USA) |
49 | 12.7 | 49 (100) | 33 (67) | - | 9 (18) | 9 (18)/ | - |
| Antunez-Montes et al.66 (Latin America) |
409 | 3 | 409 (100) | 165 (40) | - | 5 (1) | 62 (15) / 177 (43) | - |
*
all household members included, author did not specify whether adult or sibling was the source
∘
both household and close contacts included in this data point