COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, few data on paediatric COVID-19 have been published, and most reports originate from China. This study aimed to capture key data on children and adolescents with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection across Europe to inform physicians and health-care service planning during the ongoing pandemic.

Methods

This multicentre cohort study involved 82 participating health-care institutions across 25 European countries, using a well established research network-the Paediatric Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (ptbnet)-that mainly comprises paediatric infectious diseases specialists and paediatric pulmonologists. We included all individuals aged 18 years or younger with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, detected at any anato

SUBMITTER: Gotzinger F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7316447 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature