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Editor, Senior Moderator
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)
. 2022 Jan;40(1):28-31.
doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.09.006.
COVID-19 screening in a Portuguese pediatric population
Adriana Costa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Helena Almeida[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marta Moniz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cláudio Alves[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objective: To assess the characteristics of suspected coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and the rate of confirmed COVID-19 in a pediatric population at the beginning of the pandemic in Portugal.
Study design: Suspected COVID-19 pediatric cases that were tested in a Portuguese hospital between March 17 and April 2 2020 were included in this descriptive retrospective study. The analyzed data included socio-demographic parameters, characteristics of the household, underlying medical conditions and symptoms.
Results: Ninety-four patients were included and all of them were symptomatic and treated without hospitalization. The most common symptoms were cough (80%;n=75), rhinorrhea (72%;n=68) and fever (60%;n=56). There was only one positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a five-year-old child with mild illness without epidemiologic linkage.
Conclusion: This study showed a low rate of confirmed COVID-19 in children. The causes for this low rate can be multifactorial and illustrates how differently this virus spreads in the pediatric population.
Keywords: COVID-19 RT-PCR test; COVID-19 test RT-PCR; Children; Niños; Pandemia; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2022 Jan;40(1):28-31.
doi: 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.09.006.
COVID-19 screening in a Portuguese pediatric population
Adriana Costa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Helena Almeida[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marta Moniz[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Cláudio Alves[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34991850
- DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2020.09.006
Abstract
Objective: To assess the characteristics of suspected coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) and the rate of confirmed COVID-19 in a pediatric population at the beginning of the pandemic in Portugal.
Study design: Suspected COVID-19 pediatric cases that were tested in a Portuguese hospital between March 17 and April 2 2020 were included in this descriptive retrospective study. The analyzed data included socio-demographic parameters, characteristics of the household, underlying medical conditions and symptoms.
Results: Ninety-four patients were included and all of them were symptomatic and treated without hospitalization. The most common symptoms were cough (80%;n=75), rhinorrhea (72%;n=68) and fever (60%;n=56). There was only one positive for SARS-CoV-2 in a five-year-old child with mild illness without epidemiologic linkage.
Conclusion: This study showed a low rate of confirmed COVID-19 in children. The causes for this low rate can be multifactorial and illustrates how differently this virus spreads in the pediatric population.
Keywords: COVID-19 RT-PCR test; COVID-19 test RT-PCR; Children; Niños; Pandemia; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2.