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SynthesisJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2020

Characterisation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Paediatric Age Group: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Naira M Mustafa, Laila A Selim

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Synthesis in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 144 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Update on SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence: regional and worldwide.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2021
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  18. Functional status of hospitalized pediatric patients with COVID-19 in southern Brazil: a prospective cohort study.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Naira M MustafaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. Electronic address: naira.mustafa@kasralainy.edu.eg.
Laila A SelimDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.
Cairo University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic first originated in Wuhan the capital of Hubei province, China in December 2019 and then spread globally. It is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Until 1

objectivesWe performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to analyse the disease characterisation in paediatric age group including the possibility of vertical transmission to the neonates.

methodsArticles published up to 2

findingsThe most frequently reported symptoms were cough 49% (95% CI: 42 - 55%) and fever 47% (95% CI: 41- 53%). Lymphopenia and increased Procalcitonin were recorded in (21%, 95% CI: 12 - 30%) and (28%, 95% CI: 18 - 37%) respectively. No sex difference for COVID-19 was found in paediatric age group (p = 0.7). Case fatality rate was 0%. Four out of 58 neonates (6.8%) born to COVID-19 confirmed mothers tested positive for the disease.

conclusionThe disease trajectory in Paediatric patients has good prognosis compared to adults. Intensive care unit and death are rare. Vertical transmission and virus shedding in breast milk are yet to be established.

Indexed as

COVID-19Infectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPandemicsChildChild, PreschoolClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoughCOVID-19 TestingFemaleFeverHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMalePrognosisSARS-CoV-2COVID-19PaediatricsSARS-CoV-2vertical transmissionWuhan

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PMID32417675
PMCPMC7207144
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