COVID-19 in Children and the Dynamics of Infection in Families

Klara M Posfay-Barbe¹, Noemie Wagner¹, Magali Gauthey², Dehlia Moussaoui³, Natasha Loevy⁴, Alessandro Diana^{5

6}, Arnaud G L'Huillier^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit.
² Pediatric Department, Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Division of General Pediatrics, and.
⁴ Pediatric Platform for Clinical Research, Department of Woman, Child and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Primary Care Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva, Switzerland; and.
⁷ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, arnaud.lhuillier@hcuge.ch.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory of Virology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.

Comment

Klara M Posfay-Barbe et al. Pediatrics. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;146(2):e20201576.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-1576. Epub 2020 May 26.

Klara M Posfay-Barbe¹, Noemie Wagner¹, Magali Gauthey², Dehlia Moussaoui³, Natasha Loevy⁴, Alessandro Diana^{5

6}, Arnaud G L'Huillier^{7

8}

¹ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit.
² Pediatric Department, Hôpital de La Tour, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Division of General Pediatrics, and.
⁴ Pediatric Platform for Clinical Research, Department of Woman, Child and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Primary Care Unit, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva, Switzerland; and.
⁷ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, arnaud.lhuillier@hcuge.ch.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases and Laboratory of Virology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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