Children May Be 'Silent Spreaders' Of Coronavirus, New Mass General Study Says

BOSTON — A new Mass General Hospital study is adding to concerns that children may be considered “silent spreaders” of coronavirus.

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The study published Thursday in the Journal of Pediatrics looked at 192 kids up to age 22 who were either experiencing symptoms, had been in contact with an infected person, or lived in a high-risk area.

Of the children, 49 were infected and 18 met criteria for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children. Of the children who were infected, only 25 had a fever, and symptoms of coronavirus were “non-specific.”

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