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Children account for a small proportion of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection and do not exhibit greater viral loads than adults.
- Source :
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases; Oct2020, Vol. 39 Issue 10, p1983-1987, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Previous reports have suggested that children are less affected than adults by SARS-CoV-2. We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 diagnoses between February 27, 2020, and March 14, 2020, and mortality among positive patients in Marseille university hospitals. Of 4050 tested individuals, 228 were positive. Deaths occurred in 2/99 documented cases (both > 85 year-old). Children were majorly asymptomatic. Incidence increased by 7.4-fold between 1–5 and 45–65 years then decreased. It was significantly lower among 0–1 year- (0%) and 1–5 (1.1%) and 5–10 (3.6%)-year-old children than among subjects > 18 years (6.5%). Viral loads did not differ between children and adults. Children may not contribute significantly to virus circulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09349723
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145717173
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-020-03900-0