A Preliminary Report of COVID-19 in Children in India

We describe the profile of COVID-19 in children from India in this multicentre observational study from tertiary care hospitals in West Bengal. Data of children up to 12 years presenting with positive results on SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test were included. The median (IQR) age of the 41 patients included w...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, Sourav, Guha, Aritra, Das, Avishikta, Nandi, Mousami, Mondal, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32729849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-2004-6
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Sumario:We describe the profile of COVID-19 in children from India in this multicentre observational study from tertiary care hospitals in West Bengal. Data of children up to 12 years presenting with positive results on SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test were included. The median (IQR) age of the 41 patients included was 1 (0.42-5.0) year. Eleven (26.8%) patients, including 6 neonates, never showed any symptoms. Fever was seen in only 9 patients (21%), and co-morbities were found in 61% of patients. There was one death.

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