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ReviewNew microbes and new infections2020

Exploring the causes of mild COVID-19 involvement in pediatric patients.

A Naserghandi, R Saffarpour, S F Allameh

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Review in New microbes and new infections, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A NaserghandiStudent Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
R SaffarpourStudent Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
S F AllamehTehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In December 2019, the emergence of a novel coronavirus, which rapidly turned into a pandemic that posed a public health threat of global concern and has had a huge impact on the health of millions of people around the world. Existing evidence indicates relatively low incidence and mild severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children compared with adults; although the precise underlying reasons for such disparity remain obscure. The article provides general information about COVID-19 and epidemiological data of the disease in children, its clinical manifestations and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. The main aim of this article is to explore the reasons given for the mildness of the disease in pediatric patients. Several theories related to immunosenescence, vaccination and trained immunity, co-infection, angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 maturation and expression, viral exposure, overall health and smoking have been proposed in recent literature. However, due to the novelty of this virus and the lack of information about it, these reasons are not conclusive; however, these points are considered as possible reasons for the low prevalence and mildness of the disease in pediatric patients.

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2childrencoronavirus disease 2019immunosenescencepediatricsevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2smokingvaccination

Identifiers

PMID32837728
PMCPMC7417914
OpenAlexW3047662871

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