Development of child immunity in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Children, because of having an immature immune system, are usually more prone than the adults to the microbial infections and have more severe symptoms, which is especially true for the newborns, and very young children. However, the review of clinical data from the current COVID-19 pandemic indicat...

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Autores principales: Kloc, Małgorzata, Ghobrial, Rafik M., Kuchar, Ernest, Lewicki, Sławomir, Kubiak, Jacek Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32544611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2020.108510
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Sumario:Children, because of having an immature immune system, are usually more prone than the adults to the microbial infections and have more severe symptoms, which is especially true for the newborns, and very young children. However, the review of clinical data from the current COVID-19 pandemic indicates otherwise. We discuss here what are the main features and components of children's immune system, the role of maternal transmission of immunity, and what are the possible explanations for the seemingly lower infection rate and severity of COVI-19 in children.

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