SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children

In this report, investigators in Wuhan, China, describe the spectrum of Covid-19 illness in children under the age of 16 years. Of 1391 children assessed and tested over a period of 4 weeks, 171 (12.3%) were confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 17; pp. 1663 - 1665
Main Authors Lu, Xiaoxia, Zhang, Liqiong, Du, Hui, Zhang, Jingjing, Li, Yuan Y, Qu, Jingyu, Zhang, Wenxin, Wang, Youjie, Bao, Shuangshuang, Li, Ying, Wu, Chuansha, Liu, Hongxiu, Liu, Di, Shao, Jianbo, Peng, Xuehua, Yang, Yonghong, Liu, Zhisheng, Xiang, Yun, Zhang, Furong, Silva, Rona M, Pinkerton, Kent E, Shen, Kunling, Xiao, Han, Xu, Shunqing, Wong, Gary W.K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 23.04.2020
Subjects
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Asymptomatic Diseases - epidemiology
Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
China - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - pathology
Correspondence
Cough - etiology
COVID-19
Female
Fever - etiology
Humans
Infant
Infections
Lung - pathology
Male
Pandemics
Patient Acuity
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - pathology
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sex Distribution
China
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Summary:In this report, investigators in Wuhan, China, describe the spectrum of Covid-19 illness in children under the age of 16 years. Of 1391 children assessed and tested over a period of 4 weeks, 171 (12.3%) were confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2005073