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ArticleViruses2024

Burden of COVID-19 in the Pediatric Population at Hospital Central de Maputo, Mozambique, October 2020 to October 2022.

Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Emerson Miranda, Édio Ussivane, Assucênio Chissaque, Luciana António, Fernanda Campos, Ramígio Pololo, Fátima Iahaia, Aline Gatambire, Fátima Ráice and 6 more

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Adilson Fernando Loforte BauhoferInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-9695
Emerson MirandaInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Édio UssivaneInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0009-0005-6550-4415
Assucênio ChissaqueInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0002-9470-6068
Luciana AntónioInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Fernanda CamposInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Ramígio PololoInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Fátima IahaiaInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Aline GatambireInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0001-9794-9981
Fátima RáiceInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Marlene DjedjeInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Judite SalênciaInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Plácida MaholelaInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0002-4729-0952
Luzia GonçalvesInstituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9710-1945
Osvaldo InlameaInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.
Nilsa de DeusInstituto Nacional de Saúde, Marracuene 3943, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0001-6769-7111

Funding

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation"la Caixa" foundation
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Abstract

The epidemiology and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in the hospitalized Mozambican pediatric population are scarce. We aimed to assess the burden of COVID-19 in the pediatric population at Hospital Central de Maputo and identify comorbidities and factors associated with death among hospitalized COVID-19 cases. A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2020 to October 2022. Available records were retrieved from admission books. Univariate and bivariate analyses were reported to describe the sample characteristics. The frequency of pediatric cases admitted with COVID-19 was 0.6% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.5-0.6; 364/63,753), and the frequency of pediatric cases hospitalized with COVID-19 was 2.5% (95% CI: 2.2-2.9; 173/6807). The monthly frequency of pediatric cases admitted and hospitalized with COVID-19 ranged from 0.1% to 5.4% and from 0.2% to 42.1%, respectively. In children hospitalized with COVID-19, underweight was the most observed comorbidity (17.4%; 19/109); death was observed in 30% (95% CI: 22.2-39.1; 33/110), and it was significantly higher in underweight children than in non-underweight children (61.5% [8/13] vs. 21.3% [16/75];

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ComorbidityCOVID-19HospitalizationSARS-CoV-2AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMozambiqueThinnesschildrenCOVID-19deathhospitalMozambique

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PMCPMC11281548

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