Corona: Kinder sind nur sehr selten Superspreader

Norbert Hofstätter
Sabine Hofer
Albert Duschl
Martin Himly
Stefan Veigl

Biosciences and Medical Biology

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Press article in "Salzburger Nachrichten, October 28, 2021, about the findings of journal article Hofstätter et al. "Children’s Privilege in COVID-19: The Protective Role of the Juvenile Lung Morphometry and Ventilatory Pattern on Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Respiratory Epithelial Barriers and Disease Severity", https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101414

Subject

Researcher of PLUS investigated the protective role of children's juvenile lung morphometry on SARS-CoV-2 inoculation by aerosol transmission and identified lung morphometry and respiratory pattern as co-founding factor for low COVID-19 severity in children.

Period	28 Oct 2021

Media contributions

Title	Corona: Kinder sind nur sehr selten Superspreader
Media name/outlet	Salzburger Nachrichten
Media type	Print
Duration/Length/Size	630 words, one page
Country/Territory	Austria
Date	28/10/21
Description	Salzburger Forscher können aufgrund ihrer neuen Studie erklären, warum Kinder oft nur leicht an Covid erkranken. Basis war eine Vorstudie, die gezeigt hat, dass die SARS-CoV-2-Viren nicht nur über die oberen Atemwege in den Körper gelangen können.
Producer/Author	Stefan Veigl
URL	https://www.sn.at/panorama/wissen/corona-kinder-sind-nur-sehr-selten-superspreader-111496807
Persons	Norbert Hofstätter, Sabine Hofer, Albert Duschl, Martin Himly, Stefan Veigl

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Keywords

children
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
disease severity
juvenile lung morphometry
juvenile ventilatory pattern
aerosol transmission to respiratory epithelia
mild disease
pathogenesis
pediatric
pneumonia