Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 in Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents and young adults might play a key role in the worldwide spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) because they are more likely to be involved in overseas study, business, work, and travel. However, the epidemiological and clinical characteristics remain unknown.

Methods

We collected demographic, epidemiological, and clinical data from 46 confirmed COVID-19 patients aged 10 to 35 years from the Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital. Several key epidemiological parameters, asymptomatic cases, transmission to family members, and clinical characteristics at admission and during treatment were summarized.

Results

Of 46 confirmed patients, 14 patients (30.4%) were aged between 10 and 24 years, and 24 (52.2%) patients were male. The estimated mea

SUBMITTER: Liao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237935 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature