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Editor, Senior Moderator
Ann Palliat Med
. 2022 Oct 31;apm-22-933.
doi: 10.21037/apm-22-933. Online ahead of print.
Clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Feifan Xiao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meiling Tang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kai Yan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wenhao Zhou[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is a public health problem. This meta-analysis reviewed the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants.
Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies on clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 published before May 1, 2022. Two authors screened and extracted data on the number of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features, and number of clinical features. The proportion of asymptomatic infection, mild symptoms, moderate symptoms, severe symptoms, and the clinical features were analyzed.
Results: Forty-four studies with 6,304 infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections were included in this study. The proportion of asymptomatic infection was 20% (95% CI: 11-28%, I2 =97%, P<0.01) in infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections. The proportion of infants with mild, moderate, and severe symptoms was 48% (95% CI: 30-65%, I2 =96%, P<0.01), 27% (95% CI: 10-44%, I2 =93%, P<0.01), and 8% (95% CI: 0-16%, I2 =90%, P<0.01), respectively. Notably, the most common clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection were fever (64%), cough (34%), and nasal symptoms (31%).
Conclusions: This meta-analysis found that 20% of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections were asymptomatic, while most infants with COVID-19 presented with mild symptoms.
Keywords: Clinical features; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); infants; meta; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
. 2022 Oct 31;apm-22-933.
doi: 10.21037/apm-22-933. Online ahead of print.
Clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Feifan Xiao[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Meiling Tang[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Kai Yan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wenhao Zhou[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36366895
- DOI: 10.21037/apm-22-933
Abstract
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is a public health problem. This meta-analysis reviewed the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants.
Methods: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library were searched for studies on clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 published before May 1, 2022. Two authors screened and extracted data on the number of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features, and number of clinical features. The proportion of asymptomatic infection, mild symptoms, moderate symptoms, severe symptoms, and the clinical features were analyzed.
Results: Forty-four studies with 6,304 infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections were included in this study. The proportion of asymptomatic infection was 20% (95% CI: 11-28%, I2 =97%, P<0.01) in infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections. The proportion of infants with mild, moderate, and severe symptoms was 48% (95% CI: 30-65%, I2 =96%, P<0.01), 27% (95% CI: 10-44%, I2 =93%, P<0.01), and 8% (95% CI: 0-16%, I2 =90%, P<0.01), respectively. Notably, the most common clinical features of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection were fever (64%), cough (34%), and nasal symptoms (31%).
Conclusions: This meta-analysis found that 20% of infants with SARS-CoV-2 infections were asymptomatic, while most infants with COVID-19 presented with mild symptoms.
Keywords: Clinical features; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); infants; meta; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).