The new study, published in the scientific journal Nature, found that children's immune systems are better able to detect and eliminate the coronavirus at an early stage than adults.
According to various research reports in the scientific journal Nature, children's immune systems respond so quickly and effectively to the coronavirus that the virus does not replicate and spread throughout the body. That's why throat or nasal swab tests are not positive in children.
The magazine cites the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, which researched a family infected with the coronavirus.
Despite the parents' PCR test being positive, the study found that three of their children under 10 tested negative for 11 PCR or swab tests over 28 days. Although antibodies against the coronavirus were found in the children's blood, only two children showed mild symptoms of the coronavirus.
The researchers also found that children who showed severe symptoms of the coronavirus also had a 29 to 50 percent chance of a swab test.
Citing research, the journal added that children's antibodies differ from those found in adults. The antibodies found in children could target spike proteins that enter the human body with the coronavirus. Besides spike proteins in adults, antibodies were also found against proteins formed after the virus has spread in the body.
This shows that children's antibodies kill the coronavirus before it spreads in the body.
According to experts, one of the reasons why the immune system of children responds quickly to the coronavirus may be the newness of the T cell, which is more active against the germs.
Children also lack the receptors in the nose through which the coronavirus is transmitted to the human body.
However, children might not be the primary carriers of coronavirus, but the virus is spreading very fast. So, do not snub this as yet. If your child is ill or attacks a fever, nausea, or nagging cold, help them with care and make them stay away from people.