Don’t count on a runny nose. Young kids with COVID-19 often have no symptoms at all, even when they have a high viral load. MedTwitter
The new research involved 690 individuals from 175 households in Maryland who were monitored closely between November 2020 and October 2021. Every week for 8 months, participants completed online symptom checks and underwent PCR testing using nasal swabs, with symptomatic individuals submitting additional swabs for analysis.
The study also stands out for its focus on young children, Karron said. Enrollment required all households to have at least one child aged 0-4 years, so 256 out of 690 participants were in this youngest age group. The remainder of the population consisted of 100 older children aged 5-17 years and 334 adults aged 18-74 years .By the end of the study, 51 participants had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, among whom 14 had no symptoms.
“If a family is infected with the virus, and the 2-year-old is asymptomatic, and people are thinking about a visit to elderly grandparents who may be frail, one shouldn’t assume that the 2-year-old is uninfected,” Karron said. “That child should be tested along with other family members.” , professor and chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Health, Sacramento, Calif. for COVID testing calls for three negative at-home antigen tests to confirm lack of infection.
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