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cord-268335-mfcjldu3	Dimeglio, Chloé	Children are protected against SARS-CoV-2 infection	2020-05-20		.txt	text/plain	556	38	56	Chloé Dimeglio 1,2* , Jean-Michel Mansuy 2 , Sandrine Charpentier 3,4 , Isabelle Claudet 4,5 , and Jacques Izopet 1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. As infants and young children infected with respiratory tract viruses are particularly at risk of hospitalization (3) the paucity of pediatric patients with COVID-19 has raised many questions for clinicians, epidemiologists and scientists. The study previously published by Lancet Infectious Disease has important implications for the clinical management of these patients and the social distancing needed to prevent virus transmission (4). The abovementioned study has found that children are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, but rarely display any physical signs of the disease. The most important finding emerging from this analysis is the clear evidence that children are less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection than adults. While children have been regarded as facilitators of virus transmission, we now need to identify the mechanism which protects them, at least partially, against SARS-CoV-2 infection.	./cache/cord-268335-mfcjldu3.txt	./txt/cord-268335-mfcjldu3.txt