COVID-19 Vaccination and Odds of Post-COVID-19 Condition Symptoms in Children Aged 5 to 17 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An estimated 1% to 3% of children with SARS-CoV-2 infection will develop post-COVID-19 condition (PCC).

Objective

To evaluate the odds of PCC among children with COVID-19 vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with odds among unvaccinated children.

Design, setting, and participants

In this case-control study, children were enrolled in a multisite longitudinal pediatric cohort from July 27, 2021, to September 1, 2022, and followed up through May 2023. Analysis used a case (PCC reported)-control (no PCC reported) design and included children aged 5 to 17 years whose first real time-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection occurred during the study period, who were COVID-19 vaccine age-eligible at the time of infection, and

SUBMITTER: Yousaf AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11851240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature