Epidemiological and clinical features of pediatric COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is an extremely severe infectious disease. However, few studies have focused on the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19. This study conducted a retrospective review of the epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19 in children.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted on children with a definite diagnosis of COVID-19 in mainland China using the web crawler technique to collect anonymous COVID-19 updates published by local health authorities.

Results

Three hundred forty-one children aged 4 days to 14 years with a median age of 7 years were included. Sixty-six percent of pediatric patients were infected via family members with COVID-19. The median incubation period was 9 days (interquartile range, 6 to 13). As

SUBMITTER: Guo CX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408975 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature