Pediatr Infect Vaccine.  2020 Apr;27(1):11-23. 10.14776/piv.2020.27.e10.

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Coronavirus disease 2019 in Children

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Hwaseong, the Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, the Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
  • 4Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, the Republic of Korea
  • 5Department of Pediatrics, Inha University Hospital, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, the Republic of Korea
  • 6Department of Pediatrics, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, the Republic of Korea

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which started in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and declared a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020, is a novel infectious disease that causes respiratory illness and death. Pediatric COVID-19 accounts for a small percentage of patients and is often milder than that in adults; however, it can progress to severe disease in some cases. Even neonates can suffer from COVID-19, and children may spread the disease in the community. This review summarizes what is currently known about COVID-19 in children and adolescents.

Keyword

Coronavirus; COVID-19; Child; Infant; Newborn; Pregnancy
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