J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc . Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 in Children: Report From the COVID-19 Registry in Japan

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J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc


. 2021 Sep 6;piab085.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab085. Online ahead of print.
Clinical Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 in Children: Report From the COVID-19 Registry in Japan


Kensuke Shoji ¹ , Takayuki Akiyama ² , Shinya Tsuzuki ² , Nobuaki Matsunaga ² , Yusuke Asai ² , Setsuko Suzuki ³ , Noriko Iwamoto ³ , Takanori Funaki ¹ , Norio Ohmagari ^{2 3}



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• PMID: 34487185
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piab085

Abstract

A total of 1038 pediatric patients with COVID-19 were identified. Among these, 308 (30%) had asymptomatic COVID-19. The overall outcome was good, and no patients died. A significant rate of patients aged <24 months and ≥13 years were found in the symptomatic group.

Keywords: children; coronavirus disease 2019; epidemiology; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.