{"id":5059,"date":"2023-10-24T21:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2023-10-24T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:01:28","slug":"kids-with-covid-infectious-for-about-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/10\/24\/kids-with-covid-infectious-for-about-3-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids With COVID Infectious for About 3 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/106957\">Medpage Today<\/a> Small study finds no difference in infectiousness by vaccination status with Omicron variant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 appear to be infectious for about 3 days after a positive test, researchers found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a small study of 76 kids ages 7 to 18, the median duration of infectivity was 3 days for both vaccinated and unvaccinated children, Neeraj Sood, PhD, of the University of Southern California, and colleagues reported online in a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2810939\" target=\"_blank\"><em>JAMA Pediatrics<\/em><\/a> \u00a0research letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The vast majority of children who get COVID are symptomatic for 1 to 3 days,&#8221; co-author Eran Bendavid, MD, MS, of Stanford University, told MedPage Today. &#8220;Basically that correlates with how long the virus is causing disease in their body.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors noted the results are consistent with a study in adults with the Omicron variant, which found no association between vaccination status and infectivity duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that study, which was published as correspondence in the\u00a0<em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, adults had a slightly longer median duration of infectivity at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/nejmc2202092\" target=\"_blank\">about 5 daysopens in a new tab or window<\/a>, the authors noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/features\/106957\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medpage Today Small study finds no difference in infectiousness by vaccination status with Omicron variant. Children infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 appear to be infectious for about 3 days after a positive test, researchers found. 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