SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents: a Brazilian experience

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Revista Paulista De Pediatria Pub Date : 2022-05-06 DOI:10.1590/1984-0462/2022/40/2021172IN

A. Santos, B. R. Lucarevschi, Mariana Hool Bajerl, Luara de Oliveira Pires, Dáfny Cristina Ubriaco, L. C. B. Nascimento

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Abstract

Abstract Objective: To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of children and adolescents infected with the SARS-CoV-2 in the Municipality of Taubaté, SP, from March to November 2020. Methods: Cross-sectional study with secondary data obtained from the Epidemiological Surveillance System about confirmed cases in city residents and from medical records of patients who were treated in hospitals in Taubaté, aged between 0 and 19 years. Chi-square and Student’s t tests were used for comparisons. Results: 677 cases in the studied age range were reported during the study period, corresponding to 10.1% of cases reported in the municipality. The rapid antibody test was the most used to confirm infection, followed by RT-PCR and serology. Symptoms were described in 57.7% of the cases, mainly fever and cough. Diarrhea was associated with age below 4 years, while fever, cough, headache, odynophagia, ageusia, anosmia, myalgia, and dyspnea were associated with an age ranging from 10 to 19 years. In the study period, there were no deaths from COVID-19 of residents of the municipality in the age group from 0 to 19 years. Conclusions: The study was able to identify the proportion of involvement of COVID-19 in children and adolescents in the city, and the disease had a mild evolution. The main symptoms were fever and cough, but mainly diarrhea in younger children, and headache, odynophagia, anosmia, ageusia, and myalgia in adolescents.

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儿童和青少年中的SARS-CoV-2感染:巴西的经验

摘要目的:了解2020年3月至11月SP taubat市儿童和青少年感染SARS-CoV-2的临床和流行病学情况。方法:采用横断面研究，资料来源于城市居民确诊病例流行病学监测系统和在陶巴托市医院就诊的患者病历，年龄0 ~ 19岁。采用卡方检验和学生t检验进行比较。结果:在研究期间，在研究年龄范围内报告了677例病例，占全市报告病例的10.1%。快速抗体检测是确诊最多的方法，其次是RT-PCR和血清学。57.7%的病例有症状，主要表现为发热和咳嗽。腹泻与年龄在4岁以下相关，而发烧、咳嗽、头痛、吞咽困难、老年痴呆、嗅觉缺失、肌痛和呼吸困难与年龄在10至19岁之间相关。在研究期间，本市0 -19岁年龄组居民无COVID-19死亡病例。结论:本研究能够确定该城市儿童和青少年感染COVID-19的比例，并且该疾病具有轻微的演变。主要症状为发热和咳嗽，但在低龄儿童中以腹泻为主，在青少年中以头痛、厌食、嗅觉缺失、老年症和肌痛为主。

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Revista Paulista De Pediatria Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

100

审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： The Revista Paulista de Pediatria publishes original contributions, case reports and review of clinical research with methodological approach in the areas of health and disease of neonates, infants, children and adolescents. The objective is to disseminate research with methodological quality on issues that comprise the health of children and adolescents. All articles are freely available online, via SciELO. Its abbreviated title is Rev. Paul. Pediatr., which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.