COVID-19 epidemic: Disease characteristics in children

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 747-754

  She, Jiatong ^a   Liu, Lanqin ^b,c   Liu, Wenjun ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Birth Defects Clinical Research Center of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

children; COVID 19; epidemiological characteristics; SARS CoV 2

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC PATIENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MALE; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALE; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85083428839     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25807     Document Type: Review

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