Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in family clusters: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread around the world and reports of children during early epidemic period showed features of family clusters. The aim of this study is to assess clinical profiles of COVID-19 in family clusters with children.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature review of English database (PubMed, Web of Science) and Chinese database (" www.cnki.net ", " www.cqvip.com " and " www.Wanfangdata.com.cn ") to identify papers on family clusters of COVID-19 with children and their family members.

Results

Eighteen studies involving 34 children and 98 adults from 28 families were included. Fever, cough and ground-grass opacity change of chest computed tomography

SUBMITTER: Song WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8229253 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature