{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["26(14)"],"submitter":["Lazzerini M"],"pubmed_abstract":["BackgroundVery few studies describe factors associated with COVID-19 diagnosis in children.AimWe here describe characteristics and risk factors for COVID-19 diagnosis in children tested in 20 paediatric centres across Italy.MethodsWe included cases aged 0-18 years tested between 23 February and 24 May 2020. Our primary analysis focused on children tested because of symptoms/signs suggestive of COVID-19.ResultsAmong 2,494 children tested, 2,148 (86.1%) had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19. Clinical presentation of confirmed COVID-19 cases included besides fever (82.4%) and respiratory signs or symptoms (60.4%) also gastrointestinal (18.2%), neurological (18.9%), cutaneous (3.8%) and other unspecific influenza-like presentations (17.8%). In multivariate analysis, factors significantly associa"],"journal":["Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8034058"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Characteristics and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 in children tested in the early phase of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study, Italy, 23 February to 24 May 2020."],"pmcid":["PMC8034058"],"pubmed_authors":["Pascolo P","Cardinale F","Armocida B","Trapani S","Moressa V","Mauro M","Sforzi I","Marchetti F","Lega S","Barbi E","Lubrano R","Felici E","Pilotto C","Orlandi A","Parrino R","Gioe C","Vaienti F","Tibaldi J","Binotti M","Mariani I","Perricone G","Valletta E","Silvagni D","Trobia GL","Biban P","Miorin E","Magista A","Liguoro I","COVID-19 Italian Pediatric Study Network","Conte M","Gatto A","Dragovic D","Lazzerini M","Martelossi S","Chiaretti A","Di Stefano A","Berlese P","Dall'Amico R","Villa G","Saretta F","Fasoli S","Bertacca L","Testa A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characteristics and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 in children tested in the early phase of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study, Italy, 23 February to 24 May 2020.","description":"BackgroundVery few studies describe factors associated with COVID-19 diagnosis in children.AimWe here describe characteristics and risk factors for COVID-19 diagnosis in children tested in 20 paediatric centres across Italy.MethodsWe included cases aged 0-18 years tested between 23 February and 24 May 2020. Our primary analysis focused on children tested because of symptoms/signs suggestive of COVID-19.ResultsAmong 2,494 children tested, 2,148 (86.1%) had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19. Clinical presentation of confirmed COVID-19 cases included besides fever (82.4%) and respiratory signs or symptoms (60.4%) also gastrointestinal (18.2%), neurological (18.9%), cutaneous (3.8%) and other unspecific influenza-like presentations (17.8%). In multivariate analysis, factors significantly associa","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T11:43:50.724Z","creation":"2022-02-09T15:12:31.584Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8034058","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33834960"],"doi":["10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.14.2001248"]}}