Paediatric COVID-19 case with regard to the family infection
chain and the psychosocial context
Silke Schwarza, Dr. med., Christian
Steuberb, Hanno Kraffta, MSc.,Katja Boehma, Dr. phil., David
Martina,c, Prof. Dr. med.
aWitten / Herdecke University, Chair of Medical
Theory, Integrative and Anthroposophical Medicine, Germany;
bARCHE, Practice for children and young people,
Germany
cTübingen University, Department of Paediatrics,
Germany
Correspondence address Dr. med. Silke Schwarz, University of
Witten/Herdecke, Chair of Medical Theory, Integrative and
Anthroposophical Medicine, Alfred-Herrhausen-Strasse 50, 58448 Witten.
Email: Silke.Schwarz@uni-wh.de
Short title: Pediatric COVID-19 infection
Keywords: corona, pediatrics, infection chain, stigmatisation,
case report, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, quarantine
Key Clinical Message: Despite close physical contact SARS-CoV-2
transmission by children does not have to be assumed in principle within
a family.
Source of funding: No funding was requested for this case
report.
Financial disclosure: The authors have no financial ties
relevant to this article.
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflicts of
interest.
Abbreviations: SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2); COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019)
Note: All names in this case report have been changed by the
authors. “Melina”, her mother, father and stepfather have read the
manuscript and approved of its publication