Disappearance of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Infants Born to Women with COVID-19, Wuhan, China
Jinzhi Gao, Wei Li, Xiaolin Hu, Ying Wei, Jianli Wu, Xiaoping Luo, Suhua Chen, Ling Chen
Abstract
C hildren are underrepresented in coronavi- rus disease (COVID-19) case numbers (1,2). Severity in most children is limited, and children do not seem to be major drivers of transmission (3,4). However, severe acute respiratory syndrome Children do not seem to drive transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We isolated culture-competent virus in vitro from 12 (52%) of 23 SARS-CoV-2-infected children; the youngest was 7 days old. Our findings show that symptomatic neonates, children, and teenagers shed infectious SARS-CoV-2, suggesting that transmission from them is plausible.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Antibody2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusMedicineVirologyImmunoglobulin MImmunologyTiterBetacoronavirusPneumoniaPediatricsImmunoglobulin GDiseaseOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies