This section is a collection of research studies related to children and COVID-19. The list is far from exhaustive but provides readers with information posted on our website that has been published globally regarding children’s infection, symptoms and transmission of COVID-19.
Limited secondary transmission of SARS-COV2 in child care programs — Rhode Island, June 1–July 31, 2020 [1]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 August 2020
Children and COVID-19: State data report [2]
Children’s Hospital Association & American Academy of Pediatric Medicine, 30 July 2020
Age-related differences in nasopharyngeal severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Sars-Cov-2) levels in patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [3]
JAMA Pediatrics, 30 July 2020
Rapid review: What is the specific role of daycares and schools in COVID-19 transmission? [4]
McMaster University, 24 July 2020
School openings across the globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks [5]
Science Mag, 7 July 2020
Neurologic and radiographic findings associated with COVID-19 infection in children [6]
American Medical Association/ JAMA Neurology, 1 July 2020
Children and COVID-19 [7]
Government of the Netherlands/ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Updated July 2020
Understanding the age divide in COVID-19: Why are children overwhelmingly spared? [8]
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 25 June 2020
Addressing the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the health of children and young people [9]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 24 June 2020
Covid-19: Researchers question policy of closing schools after finding under 20s have low susceptibility to virus [10]
British Medical Journal, 17 June 2020
COVID-19: Recommendations for school reopening [11]
Hospital for Sick Children, 17 June 2020
COVID-19 is “very different” in young kids versus adults [12]
The Scientist, 16 June 2020
Why children avoid the worst coronavirus complications might lie in their arteries [13]
Nature, 11 June 2020
Can children transmit the new coronavirus to other people? [14]
Full Fact, 19 May 2020
Systematic review of COVID-19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults [15]
Acta Paediatrica, 20 May 2020
Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID-19 pandemic - A systematic review [16]
Acta Paediatrica, 19 May 2020
COVID-19 in children and the dynamics of infection in families [17]
Pediatrics, 12 May 2020
Should schools reopen? Kids’ role in pandemic still a mystery [18]
Science, 4 May 2020
UK overview of scientific advice and information on coronavirus (COVID-19) [19]
Government of UK, May 2020
Summary: What is the evidence for transmission of COVID-19 by children [or in schools]? [20]
Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews, 6 May 2020
No evidence of secondary transmission of COVID-19 from children attending school in Ireland [21], 2020
Euro Surveill, May 2020
The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), 1st update - a rapid review [22]
Norweigan Institute of Public Health, 30 April 2020
Impact of school closures for COVID-19 on the US health-care workforce and net mortality: A modelling study [23]
The Lancet, 3 April 2020
COVID-19 transmission and children: The child is not to blame [24]
Pediatrics, 18 March 2020
Epidemiology of COVID-19 among Children in China [25]
Pediatrics, 1 March 2020
Links
[1] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/limited-secondary-transmission-sars-cov2-child-care
[2] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/children-and-covid-19-state-data-report
[3] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/08/age-related-differences-nasopharyngeal-severe-acute
[4] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/rapid-review-what-specific-role-daycares-and-schools-covid
[5] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/school-openings-across-globe-suggest-ways-keep-coronavirus
[6] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/neurologic-and-radiographic-findings-associated-covid-19
[7] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/04/children-and-covid-19
[8] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/understanding-age-divide-covid-19-why-are-children
[9] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/addressing-indirect-effects-covid-19-health-children-and
[10] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/covid-19-researchers-question-policy-closing-schools-after
[11] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/covid-19-recommendations-school-reopening
[12] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/covid-19-very-different-young-kids-versus-adults
[13] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/why-children-avoid-worst-coronavirus-complications-might
[14] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/can-children-transmit-new-coronavirus-other-people
[15] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/systematic-review-covid-19-children-shows-milder-cases-and
[16] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/children-are-unlikely-be-main-drivers-covid-19-pandemic
[17] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/covid-19-children-and-dynamics-infection-families
[18] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/child-care-news/20/05/should-schools-reopen-kids-role-pandemic-still-mystery
[19] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/overview-scientific-advice-and-information-coronavirus
[20] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/what-evidence-transmission-covid-19-children-or-schools
[21] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/06/no-evidence-secondary-transmission-covid-19-children
[22] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/05/covid-19-pandemic-role-children-transmission-sars-cov-2
[23] https://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/04/us-modelling-study-estimates-impact-school-closures-covid
[24] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/07/covid-19-transmission-and-children-child-not-blame
[25] https://www.childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/20/03/epidemiology-covid-19-among-children-china