Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: a national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To present Australia-wide data on paediatric COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndromes to inform health service provision and vaccination prioritisation.

Design

Prospective, multicentre cohort study.

Setting

Eight tertiary paediatric hospitals across six Australian states and territories in an established research surveillance network-Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease (PAEDS).

Participants

All children aged <19 years with SARS-CoV-2 infection including COVID-19, Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) and Kawasaki-like disease TS infection (KD-TS) treated at a PAEDS site from 24 March 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Intervention

Laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Main outcome

SUBMITTER: Wurzel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576200 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature