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- Title
Children account for a small proportion of diagnoses of SARS-CoV-2 infection and do not exhibit greater viral loads than adults.
- Authors
Colson, Philippe; Tissot-Dupont, Hervé; Morand, Aurélie; Boschi, Céline; Ninove, Laetitia; Esteves-Vieira, Vera; Gautret, Philippe; Brouqui, Philippe; Parola, Philippe; Lagier, Jean-Christophe; Zandotti, Christine; Million, Matthieu; La Scola, Bernard; Raoult, Didier
- Abstract
Previous reports have suggested that children are less affected than adults by SARS-CoV-2. We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 diagnoses between February 27, 2020, and March 14, 2020, and mortality among positive patients in Marseille university hospitals. Of 4050 tested individuals, 228 were positive. Deaths occurred in 2/99 documented cases (both > 85 year-old). Children were majorly asymptomatic. Incidence increased by 7.4-fold between 1–5 and 45–65 years then decreased. It was significantly lower among 0–1 year- (0%) and 1–5 (1.1%) and 5–10 (3.6%)-year-old children than among subjects > 18 years (6.5%). Viral loads did not differ between children and adults. Children may not contribute significantly to virus circulation.
- Subjects
MARSEILLE (France); SARS-CoV-2; VIRAL load; INFECTION; UNIVERSITY hospitals; DIAGNOSIS; HIV-positive children; ADULTS
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 39, Issue 10, p1983
- ISSN
0934-9723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10096-020-03900-0