Fatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Children, Japan, January-September 2022 1

Fatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Children, Japan, January-September 2022 1

To determine the characteristics of pediatric patients 0-19 years of age who died after onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Japan during January 1-September 30, 2022, we reviewed multiple sources. We identified 62 cases, collected detailed information from medical records and death certificates, and co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2024-08, Vol.30 (8), p.1589
Hauptverfasser: Mitsushima, Shingo, Yahata, Yuichiro, Tsuchihashi, Yuuki, Ikenoue, Chiaki, Fukusumi, Munehisa, Otake, Shogo, Shimada, Tomoe, Yamagishi, Takuya, Kamiya, Hajime, Kobayashi, Yusuke, Kurosu, Hitomi, Okuyama, Mai, Morino, Saeko, Shibamura, Miho, Takanashi, Sayaka, Kamigaki, Taro, Otani, Kanako, Nakashita, Manami, Ito, Hanae, Miyazaki, Ayako, Koshiko, Masaya, Harakuni, Masanao, Onuma, Megumi, Chiba, Hiroko, Masutani, Maki, Sudani, Natsu, Satsuki, Yuka, Takara, Taketoshi, Oka, Akira, Katsuta, Tomohiro, Shimizu, Naoki, Saitoh, Akihiko, Sakamoto, Tetsuya, Suzuki, Motoi, Sunagawa, Tomimasa
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Japan - epidemiology
Male
SARS-CoV-2
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:To determine the characteristics of pediatric patients 0-19 years of age who died after onset of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Japan during January 1-September 30, 2022, we reviewed multiple sources. We identified 62 cases, collected detailed information from medical records and death certificates, and conducted interviews, resulting in 53 patients with detailed information for our study. Among 46 patients with internal causes of death (i.e., not external causes such as trauma), 15% were
ISSN:1080-6059