Among children with respiratory tract infections and wheeze, a positive LUS seems to distinguish between clinical syndromes by ruling in pneumonia and ruling out asthma. If confirmed in future studies, LUS may emerge as a point-of-care tool to guide diagnosis and disposition in young children with wheeze.
Household transmission is an important contributor to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection. [1][2][3][4][5] Household exposure to an infected person is associated with a 10-fold higher risk of infection compared to exposure outside the home. 6 However, the reported rate of SARS-CoV-2 spread within households depends on the surveillance
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