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Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics.

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Guilamo-Ramos, V; Benzekri, A; Thimm-Kaiser, M; Hidalgo, A; Perlman, DC
Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
July 2021

Evidence regarding the important role of adolescents and young adults (AYA) in accelerating and sustaining coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks is growing. Furthermore, data suggest that 2 known factors that contribute to high severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmissibility-presymptomatic transmission and asymptomatic case presentations-may be amplified in AYA. However, AYA have not been prioritized as a key population in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Policy decisions that limit public health attention to AYA and are driven by the assumption of insignificant forward transmission from AYA pose a risk of inadvertent reinvigoration of local transmission dynamics. In this viewpoint, we highlight evidence regarding the increased potential of AYA to transmit SARS-CoV-2 that, to date, has received little attention, discuss adolescent and young adult-specific considerations for future COVID-19 control measures, and provide applied programmatic suggestions.

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Published In

Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

73

Issue

Suppl 2

Start / End Page

S146 / S163

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Public Health
  • Pandemics
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Guilamo-Ramos, V., Benzekri, A., Thimm-Kaiser, M., Hidalgo, A., & Perlman, D. C. (2021). Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73(Suppl 2), S146–S163. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1348
Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, Adam Benzekri, Marco Thimm-Kaiser, Andrew Hidalgo, and David C. Perlman. “Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics.Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 73, no. Suppl 2 (July 2021): S146–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1348.
Guilamo-Ramos V, Benzekri A, Thimm-Kaiser M, Hidalgo A, Perlman DC. Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Jul;73(Suppl 2):S146–63.
Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent, et al. “Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics.Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 73, no. Suppl 2, July 2021, pp. S146–63. Epmc, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1348.
Guilamo-Ramos V, Benzekri A, Thimm-Kaiser M, Hidalgo A, Perlman DC. Reconsidering Assumptions of Adolescent and Young Adult Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission Dynamics. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Jul;73(Suppl 2):S146–S163.
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Published In

Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

73

Issue

Suppl 2

Start / End Page

S146 / S163

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Public Health
  • Pandemics
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • COVID-19
  • Adolescent
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences