AI Article Synopsis
- The study monitored SARS-CoV-2 presence in nasopharyngeal samples from children aged 6-30 months in Belgian day-care centers from May 2020 to February 2022.
- SARS-CoV-2 was only detected in samples starting from November 2021, coinciding with the rise of Delta and Omicron variants, across 9 out of 42 day-care centers.
- Limited transmission of the virus was indicated, as only two children tested positive at the same time in one day-care center, suggesting minimal spread among young children in this setting.
Article Abstract
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 was monitored in nasopharyngeal samples from young children aged 6-30 months attending day-care centres (DCCs) in Belgium from May 2020-February 2022. SARS-CoV-2 carriage among DCC children was only detected from November 2021, after emergence of Delta and Omicron variants, in 9 of the 42 DCCs screened. In only one DCC, two children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the same sampling time point, suggesting limited transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Belgian DCCs among young children during the studied period.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137273 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.21.2200380 | DOI Listing |
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