1. Epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with COVID-19 in General Cabrera, Córdoba, Argentina, across 3 periods of the pandemic.
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Rosso MJ and Scruzzi GF
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- Humans, Argentina epidemiology, Male, Child, Female, Adolescent, Child, Preschool, Infant, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Pandemics, Time Factors, Comorbidity, COVID-19 epidemiology
- Abstract
Introduction. The onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic raised questions about its behavior in different scenarios. Objective. To describe the clinical and epidemiological behavior of COVID-19 in pediatric patients living in an agricultural-industrial city across 3 periods (2020 to 2022). Population and methods. Observational, analytical study of children under 18 years diagnosed with COVID-19 in General Cabrera. Sex, age, symptoms, comorbidities, hospitalization, and death were analyzed. The χ² test was used to analyze the association between symptoms and period and the KruskalWallis test, to analyze differences in symptom duration per period. Confidence level: 95%. Results. In the study period, 194 cases in children under 18 years were confirmed. Only 1% required hospitalization; no deaths were recorded. Children's median age was 14 years; 51% were boys; 68% were asymptomatic; 2% had associated comorbidities. Conclusion. SARS-CoV-2 infection was low in pediatrics and showed a distinct behavior by period., (Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría.)
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- 2024
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