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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

COVID-19 Infection in Children and Infants: Current Status on Therapies and Vaccines.

Giuseppina Malcangi, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Fabio Piras, Vito Settanni, Grazia Garofoli, Giulia Palmieri, Sabino Ceci, Assunta Patano, Antonio Mancini and 25 more

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 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

35 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Giuseppina MalcangiDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9745-7506
Alessio Danilo InchingoloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6366-1039
Angelo Michele InchingoloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Fabio PirasDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0765-7710
Vito SettanniDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4145-3455
Grazia GarofoliDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Giulia PalmieriDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0292-1965
Sabino CeciDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7839-4623
Assunta PatanoDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7395-3126
Antonio ManciniDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7103-4086
Luigi VimercatiDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4072-2871
Damiano NemoreDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Arnaldo ScardapaneDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Biagio RaponeDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0062-6594
Alexandra SemjonovaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Maria Teresa D'OriaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9376-8152
Luigi MacchiaDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.), School and Chair of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Ioana Roxana BordeaDepartment of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dentistry, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7166-9949
Giovanni MiglioreUniversity Hospital of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Antonio ScaranoDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1374-6146
Felice LorussoDepartment of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-9231
Gianluca Martino TartagliaUOC Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Dentistry, Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, 20100 Milan, Italy.
Delia GiovannielloDepartment of Toracic Surgery, Hospital "San Camillo Forlanini", 00152 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3327-8039
Ludovica NucciMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7174-7596
Nicola MaggialettiDepartment of Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Antonio ParisiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Marina Di DomenicoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Nicola BrienzaUnit of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantations, Aldo Moro University, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Silvio TafuriDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4194-0210
Pasquale StefanizziDepartment of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Luigi CuratoliDepartment Neurosciences & Sensory Organs & Musculoskeletal System, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Alberto CorrieroUnit of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Department of Emergencies and Organ Transplantations, Aldo Moro University, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9760-9394
Maria ContaldoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Luigi de Crecchio, 6, 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4773-6694
Francesco InchingoloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3797-5883
Gianna DipalmaDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5947-8987
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · ITCarlo Forlanini Hospital · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata · ITIuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Udine · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the beginning in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak appeared to affect mostly the adult population, sparing the vast majority of children who only showed mild symptoms. The purpose of this investigation is to assess the status on the mechanisms that give children and infants this variation in epidemiology compared to the adult population and its impact on therapies and vaccines that are aimed towards them. A literature review, including in vitro studies, reviews, published guidelines and clinical trials was performed. Clinical trials concerned topics that allowed a descriptive synthesis to be produced. Four underlying mechanisms were found that may play a key role in providing COVID-19 protection in babies. No guidelines are available yet for therapy due to insufficient data; support therapy remains the most used. Only two vaccines are approved by the World Health Organization to be used in children from 12 years of age, and there are currently no efficacy or safety data for children below the age of 12 years. The COVID-19 clinical frame infection is milder in children and adolescents. This section of the population can act as vectors and reservoirs and play a key role in the transmission of the infection; therefore, vaccines are paramount. More evidence is required to guide safely the vaccination campaign.

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antibodieschildrenCOVID-19dentistryPfizerpregnancySARS-CoV-1SARS-CoV-2therapyvaccines

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PMID35204969
PMCPMC8870718
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