Short Term Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination in Children in Korea.
J Korean Med Sci
; 37(17): e124, 2022 May 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1834341
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has changed continuously throughout the pandemic.METHODS:
We analyzed changes in the incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection according to the age group in South Korea from February 2020 to December 2021.RESULTS:
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence among adults aged ≥ 18 years was higher than all the other age groups in 2020; however, a shift toward younger ages occurred in June 2021. In addition, we found significant changes in epidemiology after the introduction of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in adults aged ≥ 18 and children 12-17 years. Until recently, children were not regarded as the drive for the pandemic; however, children aged 5-11 and 0-4 years had the highest incidence among all the age groups.CONCLUSION:
Therefore, policies for clinical support for an increase in COVID-19 cases among young children and age-specific preventive measures are needed.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Korean Med Sci
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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