KMID : 1040320220290020061
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Pediatric Infection & Vaccine 2022 Volume.29 No. 2 p.61 ~ p.69
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Clinical Manifestations, Epidemiologic Characteristics, and Disease Burden of the Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children Ages 5-11 Years Old
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Kang Hyun-Mi
Park Ji-Young Choe Young-June
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Abstract
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic for over 2 years. During the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant-predominant period in South Korea, confirmed cases among children and adolescents surged. This review found that, although younger children may be less susceptible to COVID-19 than adolescents, more research is needed on the role of children and adolescents in the disease¡¯s spread. Detailed epidemiological information about the transmissibility of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain in children and adolescents is currently scarce, and more research is needed on the role of children and adolescents in disease¡¯s spread. There may be a difference in the proportion of cases with severe disease requiring hospitalization depending on the dominant mutant strain; however, COVID-19 generally presents with a mild-to-moderate course in children aged 5?11 years old.
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KEYWORD
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Child, Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2
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