Active Surveillance With Seroprevalence-based Infection Rates Indicates Racial Disparities With Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Requiring Hospitalization in Mississippi, March 2020-February 2021

• Published in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal Vol. 41; no. 9; p. 736
• Main Authors: Hobbs, Charlotte V, Kim, Sara S, Vemula, Preeti, Inagaki, Kengo, Harrison, Virginia A, Malloch, Lacy, Martin, Lora M, Singh, Gurbaksh, Agana, Urita, Williams, John M, Patterson, Kayla, Kittle, Theresa, Byers, Paul, Palmer, April, Santos, Roberto P, Dhanrajani, Anita, Stephenson, Meagan, Hung, Leroy, Hankins, Phillip, Thornburg, Nathalie, Drobeniuc, Jan, Flannery, Brendan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Child; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 Vaccines; Hospitalization; Humans; Mississippi - epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Watchful Waiting; Mississippi

Racial disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) have been reported. However, these reports have been based on incomplete data relying on passive reporting, unknown catchment populations, and unknown infection prevalence. We aimed...