COVID-19 in children across three Asian cosmopolitan regions

As another wave of COVID-19 outbreak has approached in July 2020, a larger scale COVID-19 pediatric Asian cohort summarizing the clinical observations is warranted. Children confirmed with COVID-19 infection from the Republic of Korea, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Wuhan, C...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging microbes & infections 2020-01, Vol.9 (1), p.2588-2596
Hauptverfasser: Chua, Gilbert T., Xiong, Xiaoli, Choi, Eun Hwa, Han, Mi Seon, Chang, Sung Hee, Jin, Byoung Lo, Lee, Eun Joo, Kim, Baek Nam, Kim, Min Kyoung, Doo, Kihyun, Seo, Ju Hee, Kim, Yae Jean, Kim, Yeo Jin, Park, Ji Young, Suh, Sun Bok, Lee, Hyunju, Cho, Eun Young, Kim, Dong Hyun, Kim, Jong Min, Kim, Hye Young, Park, Su Eun, Lee, Joon Kee, Jo, Dae Sun, Cho, Seung Man, Choi, Jae Hong, Jo, Kyo Jin, Choe, Young June, Kim, Ki Hwan, Chi, Shuiqing, Tang, Shao-tao, Qin, Huan, Zhou, Li Shan, Chen, Peng, Wong, Joshua Sung Chih, Chan, Kate Ching Ching, Yau, Felix Yat Sun, Lam, Shu Yan, Chow, Calvin Chit Kwong, Wong, Tak Wai, Chan, Victor Chi-man, Poon, Grace Wing Kit, Chow, Chun Bong, Wong, Wilfred H. S., Lau, Yu Lung, Chan, Godfrey Chi Fung, Chui, Celine S. L., Li, Xue, Ho, Marco Hok Kung, Wong, Ian C. K., Tam, Paul Kwong Hang, To, Kelvin K. W., Kim, Jong Hyun, Ip, Patrick, Kwan, Mike Yat Wah
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Zusammenfassung:As another wave of COVID-19 outbreak has approached in July 2020, a larger scale COVID-19 pediatric Asian cohort summarizing the clinical observations is warranted. Children confirmed with COVID-19 infection from the Republic of Korea, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Wuhan, China, during their first waves of local outbreaks were included. Their clinical characteristics and the temporal sequences of the first waves of local paediatric outbreaks were compared. Four hundred and twenty three children with COVID-19 were analyzed. Wuhan had the earliest peak, followed by Korea and HKSAR. Compared with Korea and Wuhan, patients in HKSAR were significantly older (mean age: 12.9 vs. 10.8 vs. 6.6 years, p 
ISSN:2222-1751
2222-1751
DOI:10.1080/22221751.2020.1846462