Dynamic characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Chinese children

Yunhua Zhang; Hui Li; Boqi Xiang; Jing Du; Yan Huang; Guanwen Lin; Duozhi Wu

Dynamic characteristics of COVID-19 infection in Chinese children

Am J Transl Res. 2022 Sep 15;14(9):6375-6381. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yunhua Zhang^{1

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4}, Hui Li⁵, Boqi Xiang⁶, Jing Du¹, Yan Huang⁷, Guanwen Lin¹, Duozhi Wu¹

Affiliations

¹ Hainan Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan General Hospital Haikou 570311, Hainan, P.R. China.
² Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wuhan 430061, P.R. China.
³ Clinical Medical College of Hubei University of Chinese Medicine Wuhan 430061, P.R. China.
⁴ Hubei Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Wuhan 430061, P.R. China.
⁵ The Office of Nosocomial, Public Health Office, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province Wuhan 430070, P.R. China.
⁶ School of Public Health, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ, United States.
⁷ Department of Interventional Therapy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian 116000, Liaoning, P.R. China.

PMID: 36247253
PMCID: PMC9556448

Abstract

From the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, COVID-19 infection in the pediatric population has aroused great attention. This article presents dynamic epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 infection in pediatric patients from January 2020 to March 2022 in China. These data contributed essential insights and shared experience on the management of COVID-19 in children. To date, the unvaccinated population and events with children need more attention.

Keywords: COVID-19 infection; SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant; pediatric patients; pediatric vaccination; unvaccinated populations.