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Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID‐19 pandemic – A systematic review
Acta Paediatrica · 2020 · Vol. 109(8) · pp. 1525–1530
Jonas F. Ludvigsson✉(University of Nottingham)
Abstract
Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the pandemic. Opening up schools and kindergartens is unlikely to impact COVID-19 mortality rates in older people.
COVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesPandemicMedicineTransmission (telecommunications)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)OutbreakAsymptomaticSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MEDLINEDisease2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
MeSH terms
COVID-19ChildHumansPneumonia, ViralSchoolsCoronavirus InfectionsPandemics
Funding
- Karolinska Institutet
- Region Örebro län
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