1. Seroprevalencia de SARS-CoV-2 en niños y adolescentes mexicanos en edad escolar.
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Canto-Osorio, Francisco, Stern, Dalia, Pérez-Ferrer, Carolina, Arias-de la Garza, Eduardo, Danon, Leon, Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh, and Lajous, Martín
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SCHOOL children , *TEENAGERS , *SEROPREVALENCE , *PRIMARY education , *COVID-19 - Abstract
Objective. To estimate the seroprevalence of SARSCoV-2 in school aged children in Mexico. Materials and methods. We categorized children and adolescents who participated in 2020 National Health and Nutrition Survey on Covid-19 according to school age and educational level. In seropositive participants, we identified the proportion of asymptomatic infections. We estimated prevalence ratios using a log-binomial regression model. Results. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 for primary and secondary education were 18.7% (95%IC: 14.9, 22.5) and 26.7% (95%IC: 22.1, 31.3), respectively. Asymptomatic infection was more frequent among primary school children (88.5% [95%IC: 80.5, 93.5]). Conclusions. In primary schoolchildren seroprevalence for SARSCoV-2 was low and infections were usually asymptomatic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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