Long COVID in Children and Young after Infection or Reinfection with the Omicron Variant: A Prospective Observational Study

Long COVID in Children and Young after Infection or Reinfection with the Omicron Variant: A Prospective Observational Study

To describe the prevalence of long COVID in children infected for the first time (n = 332) or reinfected (n = 243) with Omicron compared with test-negative children (n = 311). Overall, 12%-16% of those infected with Omicron met the research definition of long COVID at 3 and 6 months after infection,...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of pediatrics 2023-08, Vol.259, p.113463, Article 113463
Hauptverfasser: Pinto Pereira, Snehal M., Mensah, Anna, Nugawela, Manjula D., Stephenson, Terence, Ladhani, Shamez N., Dalrymple, Emma, Dudley, Jake, McOwat, Kelsey, Simmons, Ruth, Heyman, Isobel, Segal, Terry, Semple, Malcolm G., Xu, Laila, Buszewicz, Marta, Chalder, Trudie, Crawley, Esther, De Stavola, Bianca, Ford, Tamsin, Garg, Shruti, Harnden, Anthony, Hargreaves, Dougal, Levin, Michael, Poustie, Vanessa, Semple, Calum, Sharma, Kishan, Swann, Olivia, Whittaker, Elizabeth, Shafran, Roz
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
long COVID
omicron
post COVID-19 condition
prospective
young people
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Zusammenfassung:To describe the prevalence of long COVID in children infected for the first time (n = 332) or reinfected (n = 243) with Omicron compared with test-negative children (n = 311). Overall, 12%-16% of those infected with Omicron met the research definition of long COVID at 3 and 6 months after infection, with no evidence of difference between cases of first positive and reinfected (Pχ2 = 0.17).
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113463