The latest study says that children with younger age have less transmission than adults for COVID-19. Right after the birth among the infants, transmission is possible if the caregiver has COVID-19 positive. Among infants, there are very low cases to reflect the symptoms of COVID infection by forming serious strains inside the body.
Adults Get More Affected From COVID Compared To Infants
Some recent studies reported no mild disease and symptoms in newborn babies by COVID-19 transmission, with several neonatal deaths at less count.
COVID-19 of different strains has an age limit; the strain developed in 2019 is very less interactive with kids. In some rare cases, children are transmitted by COVID-19, but they are not infected badly as adults with all symptoms. Only some symptoms were triggered with less infection.
Usually, parents know that infants are very prone to respiratory infections, as the new virus COVID-19 is one of the respiratory infections. A new study says that the infant’s immune system is much stronger than the adult’s immune system when fighting new pathogens. This makes them less vulnerable to the spread of such deadly infections also.
Donna Farber is the lead researcher and senior author of this study; he says that “infant immune system is followed by the reputation with a weak immune system in the body and which is underdeveloped accordingly with comparisons of adult’s immune system”, but he strikes the point that comparison is fair decision to decrease the tension among parents while they are protecting their infant children.
This new study is started to deliver clarity among people with queries about transmission among different age groups. Infants are very in contrast to respiratory viruses because infant children have novel, severe acute syndromes with SARS-CoV-2 based on the discussions of proposed hypotheses when the point comes to the severity in age differences.
We can say that this is a mysterious advantage for infant children compared to adults. Usually, doctors say that “infants are less reactive with respiratory disease and gradually affects the adults more” one of the researchers explained that if a child is suffering from a viral infection which is resulted in symptoms such as high fevers and cold-related problems when we compare these symptoms with adult COVID patients they have resulted with death which is having a far comparison.
Researchers say that infants encounter the COVID virus without being sick, as babies are not affected by respiratory illness faster. But to find the secret of why new infant babies are not affected by COVID-19, some clinical trials and experiments were conducted on infants.
The study concluded that infants have a greater immune response with the link of new pathogens, which are directed to eliminate the immunological memory contribution. This is the secret that is found behind the less transmission of viruses.
To give detailed information on clinical trials, head-to-head comparisons were done, which are researched by collecting the T cells, so-called immune cells with an encounter of the pathogen into the two mice where one is younger and the other are adult. After placing the pathogen cells, to eradicate the virus, T cells are handled and detected as viruses with a low transmission rate compared to the adult cells.
In a research, a result was reported that infant cells are having faster proliferation despite infection but are strongly at odds with COVID-19. This is a big result from the viewpoint of the development of infection in infants.
This study is now in trials for inventing better vaccine designs for the sake of children to prevent them from being COVID strains by finding new formulations because infants have distinct immune responses.
