Prevalence and epidemiological characterization of SARS-COV-2 in children of the Chaco, Argentina
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia
; 41(3):97-101, 2021.
Article
in Spanish
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1965436
ABSTRACT
sars-cov-2 infections appear to affect children less frequently and severely than adults. Children are frequently asymptomatic or have less severe symptoms and, therefore, less tested. objective. To determine prevalence and epidemiological characterization of sars-cov-2 in children from Chaco, Argentina. material and method. Descriptive, observational study. Once authorized by the Ethics Committee, the Chaco Epidemiology Computerized Database was reviewed, laboratory confirmed pediatric patients with sars-cov-2 infection of both sexes were included, aged between 30 days of life and under 13 years and 11 months of age, from March to September 2020. results. 320 pediatric patients (170 men and 150 women) were admitted. The ages between one and 13 years;average of seven years. The provenance mostly from Resistencia. Regarding morbidities, 86.8% did not present any type and 13.1% did. The most frequent comorbidity was asthma. Regarding the signs and symptoms of presentation 285 (89%) presented signs-symptoms and 35 (10.9%) asymptomatic. The most frequent signs and symptoms were fever 106 (37.1%);cough 61 (21.4%);odynophagia 47 (16.4%). conclusions. In the studied population, a higher prevalence of symptomatic was found;being fever and cough, the most prevalent symptoms, however they cannot be considered characteristic of sars-cov-2 in children, requiring further studies.
adolescent; Argentina; asthma; asymptomatic disease; child; comorbidity; coronavirus disease 2019; coughing; epidemiological data; female; fever; hospital admission; human; infant; inflammatory disease; laboratory test; major clinical study; male; morbidity; observational study; odynophagia; pediatric patient; physical disease by body function; prevalence; professional standard; review; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
EMBASE
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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