Roles of Children and Adolescents in COVID-19 Transmission in the Community: A Retrospective Analysis of Nationwide Data in Japan

• Main Authors: Tadatsugu Imamura (Author), Mayuko Saito (Author), Yura K. Ko (Author), Takeaki Imamura (Author), Kanako Otani (Author), Hiroki Akaba (Author), Kota Ninomiya (Author), Yuki Furuse (Author), Reiko Miyahara (Author), Eiichiro Sando (Author), Ikkoh Yasuda (Author), Naho Tsuchiya (Author), The National COVID-19 Cluster Response Taskforce (Author), Motoi Suzuki (Author), Hitoshi Oshitani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Roles of children and adolescents in spreading coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community is not fully understood.Methods: We analyzed the data of 7,758 children and adolescents with COVID-19 and characteristics of secondary transmission generated by these cases using case info...