Icelandic study reveals how many children experience severe COVID symptoms ChildHealth Iceland Children Coronavirus Disease COVID uni_iceland Landspitali PIDJournal
By Bhavana KunkalikarJul 27 2022Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Children are less susceptible to the coronavirus disease 2019 as compared to adults and also have a lower risk of developing severe symptoms. However, there remains a lack of data regarding the number of true infections and rate of disease complications among the pediatric population.
About the study In the present study, researchers describe COVID-19 incidence, source of SARS-CoV-2 infection, severity and duration of clinical symptoms, disease complications, and outcomes of COVID-19 in children. Patients were classified according to their age. Moreover, groups included those younger than six months, six months to three years, four to seven years, eight to 13 years, and 14 to 17 years of age.
Study findings Taken together, 16% of positive COVID-19 cases in Iceland were detected in populations younger than 18 years old. Although 21.5% of children were asymptomatic, 48.1% and 42.5% of the children reported upper and lower respiratory symptoms, respectively. Among symptomatic patients, 34% and 30% reported fever and headache, respectively.
The median duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection was five days. Among symptomatic patients, about 2% experienced symptoms for less than two days, 49.6% for two to nine days, and 15.9% for 10 days or more.
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