What do differences in case fatality ratios between children and adults tell us about COVID-19?

Stefan Ebmeier; Aubrey J Cunnington

doi:10.1183/13993003.01601-2020

What do differences in case fatality ratios between children and adults tell us about COVID-19?

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):2001601. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01601-2020. Print 2020 Jul.

Authors

Stefan Ebmeier¹, Aubrey J Cunnington²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease, St Mary's Campus Medical School Building, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Section of Paediatric Infectious Disease, St Mary's Campus Medical School Building, Imperial College London, London, UK a.cunnington@imperial.ac.uk.

Abstract

When individuals without prior immunity are considered, case fatality ratios are typically higher in adults than in children for most infectious diseases, with few exceptions https://bit.ly/2Wsi6iJ

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2