SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): What Do We Know About Children? A Systematic Review

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Authors

Nisha Mehta · Department of Health and Social Care

Oliver Mytton · University of Cambridge

Edward Mullins · Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital

Tom Fowler · Genomics England

Catherine Falconer · Somerset County Council

Orla Murphy · Department of Health and Social Care

Claudia Langenberg

Abstract

Children appear to have a low observed case rate of COVID-19 but may have rates similar to adults of infection with SARS-CoV-2. This discrepancy may be because children are asymptomatic or too mildly infected to draw medical attention and be tested and counted in observed cases of COVID-19.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Respiratory viral infections research SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 71, Issue 9, pp. 2469-2479

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa556

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