Lessons unfolding from pediatric cases of COVID‐19 disease caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Lael M. Yonker, Kunling Shen, T. Bernard Kinane
Abstract
The recent coronavirus outbreak, better known at COVID-19 in the United States or novel coronavirus pneumonia in China, has reached pandemic proportions. The illness is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also known as 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). With the first adult cases reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, pediatric cases followed shortly thereafter with a strong tendency for familial clusters. terestingly, total numbers of symptomatic pediatric cases lag dramatically behind adult cases suggesting a protective effect of age.
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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusVirologyCoronavirus InfectionsPneumoniaPandemicIntensive care medicineDiseaseLung diseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPathologyInternal medicineLungCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesRespiratory Support and MechanismsNeonatal Respiratory Health Research