SARS-CoV-2 Serostatus and COVID-19 Illness Characteristics by Variant Time Period in Non-Hospitalized Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe COVID-19 illness characteristics, risk factors, and SARS-CoV-2 serostatus by variant time period in a large community-based pediatric sample.

Design

Data were collected prospectively over four timepoints between October 2020 and November 2022 from a population-based cohort ages 5 to 19 years old.

Setting

State of Texas, USA.

Participants

Participants ages 5 to 19 years were recruited from large pediatric healthcare systems, Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers, urban and rural clinical practices, health insurance providers, and a social media campaign.

Exposure

SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Main outcome(s) and measure(s)

SARS-CoV-2 antibody status was assessed by the Roche Elecsys^® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassay for detecti

SUBMITTER: Messiah SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10217706 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature