Are children less susceptible to COVID-19?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: pinging@ntu.edu.tw.
² Department of Pediatrics, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

Ping-Ing Lee et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;53(3):371-372.

doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.02.011. Epub 2020 Feb 25.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: pinging@ntu.edu.tw.
² Department of Pediatrics, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The author declares no conflicts of interest.

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