Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Moroccan Children

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to analyze the epidemiological and clinical features of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in a Moroccan pediatric population. METHODS: A retrospective study of a cohort of 74 children with RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19. We collected information on clinical and laboratory feat...

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Autores principales: El Fakiri, K., Nassih, Houda, Ait Sab, I., Draiss, G., Bouskraoui, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32651306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1958-8
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author El Fakiri, K.
Nassih, Houda
Ait Sab, I.
Draiss, G.
Bouskraoui, M.
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description OBJECTIVES: This study aims to analyze the epidemiological and clinical features of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in a Moroccan pediatric population. METHODS: A retrospective study of a cohort of 74 children with RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19. We collected information on clinical and laboratory features of all children (age <18 years) admitted between 2 March, 2020 and 1 April, 2020. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of the 74 children (40 girls) was 7 (1.5) years. The mean (SD) time from illness onset to diagnosis was 2 (1) days. 54 children were asymptomatic, while eight had fever, and five cases had cough. Recovery was after a mean (SD) of 12 (1) days. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 was mostly mild in the pediatric population in Morocco.
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spelling pubmed-74985522020-09-18 Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Moroccan Children El Fakiri, K. Nassih, Houda Ait Sab, I. Draiss, G. Bouskraoui, M. Indian Pediatr Research Paper OBJECTIVES: This study aims to analyze the epidemiological and clinical features of Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in a Moroccan pediatric population. METHODS: A retrospective study of a cohort of 74 children with RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19. We collected information on clinical and laboratory features of all children (age <18 years) admitted between 2 March, 2020 and 1 April, 2020. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of the 74 children (40 girls) was 7 (1.5) years. The mean (SD) time from illness onset to diagnosis was 2 (1) days. 54 children were asymptomatic, while eight had fever, and five cases had cough. Recovery was after a mean (SD) of 12 (1) days. CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 was mostly mild in the pediatric population in Morocco. Springer India 2020-07-12 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7498552/ /pubmed/32651306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1958-8 Text en © Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_sort epidemiology and clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 in moroccan children
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