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Researchers show children are silent spreaders of virus that causes COVID-19 – EurekAlert
Researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought.
BOSTON – In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and an additional 18 children had late-onset, COVID-19-related illness. The infected children were shown to have a si…
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