Different clinical features of children and adults in regional outbreak of Delta COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study compared clinical features of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and adults.

Methods

Clinical data included 80 children and 132 adults with the Delta variant of COVID-19, hospitalized in the Affiliated Hospital of Putian College between September and October 2021. The data was analyzed retrospectively.

Results

The proportion of mild patients in the children group (50%) was higher than that in the adults group (17.9%). Cough (25%, 20/80) and diarrhea (1.3%, 1/80) symptoms in children group were significantly less frequent. Compared with adults, there was no significant difference in the viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in samples collected by nasopharyngeal swabs. In children, lymphocyte count was higher [1.98 (0.25-4.25)

SUBMITTER: Hong MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454403 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature