Meyer, M., Ruebsteck, E., Lehmann, C., Klein, F., Gruell, H., Huenseler, C. and Weber, L. T. . Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in children from a cohort of 2192 patients. Mon.schr. Kinderheilkd.. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1433-0474
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Background As of 18 June 2020 a total of 187,764 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections were reported in Germany and of these 6.9% were under the age of 19 years. There were initial indications that children are often asymptomatic and show a milder clinical course. Objective The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a pediatric cohort. Material and methods Between 13 March and 18 June 2020 all children from whom a smear for SARS-CoV-2 was taken either to rule out an infection or as a suspected case were included. Data were collected on standardized patient record sheets. The analysis of data was anonymized and retrospective. Results During the given period 2192 children were investigated and 37 patients tested positive (1.7%) for SARS-CoV-2. Of these 36/37 were suspected cases and 28/37 were symptomatic. The leading symptoms were dry cough, runny nose and fever and three children had to be hospitalized. None showed a difficult course of the disease. Among those tested 505 were patients at risk due to an underlying chronic disease, 3 of whom (0.6%) were tested positive with an asymptomatic or mild course. Conclusion We can confirm the first data showing that children and adolescents often have an asymptomatic or mild clinical course of infection or disease. We found no evidence of a high grey area of SARS-CoV-2 infections in this regional pediatric cohort.
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-311114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00112-020-01067-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Mon.schr. Kinderheilkd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | SPRINGER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Publication: | NEW YORK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1433-0474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31111 |
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