Beauty study: Children's new crown is as infectious as adults

China News Service, June 13th.
According to a report by Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao on the 13th, a community study in the United States showed that the viral load of children and adults with COVID- 19 symptoms are similar, which means that children infected with COVID- 19 are infectious.
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Study: Children and adults have similar viral loads

Since the outbreak of the new crown virus, adults have been considered to be more susceptible to the new crown virus than children
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However, this trend is now beginning to change
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The University of Washington research team therefore analyzed the data of 555 patients infected with the new crown virus from November 9, 2020 to March 23, 2021, and published the study in JAMA Pediatrics.
Result
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These patients included 123 children and adolescents under the age of 18, and 432 adults
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Infected children will have two or less symptoms on average, the most common being runny nose, fever and cough
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However, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not, nasal and throat samples taken after the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of children and adults show that their viral loads are similar
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Compared with adults, children are contagious for a shorter period of time

One of the report’s co-authors, Zhu Hailun of the University of Washington, said: “On the whole, the viral load of symptomatic patients is higher than that of asymptomatic patients.
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However, when you study these groups (you will find), no matter what With or without symptoms, the viral load of children and adults are the same
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Zhu Hailun pointed out that there have been many controversies about school resumption and whether children will spread the virus.
They therefore hope that this research can help answer related questions
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She showed that the viral load of infected children may be similar to that of adults, but compared with adults, children may be contagious for a shorter period of time
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