The immune system of children: the key to understanding SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility?

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¹ B Cell Pathophysiology Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Diagnostic Immunology Unit, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome. Electronic address: rita.carsetti@opbg.net.
² Department of Haematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ B Cell Pathophysiology Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome.
⁵ Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital Campus, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Haematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Department of Paediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Rita Carsetti et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;4(6):414-416.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30135-8. Epub 2020 May 6.

¹ B Cell Pathophysiology Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Diagnostic Immunology Unit, Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome. Electronic address: rita.carsetti@opbg.net.
² Department of Haematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ B Cell Pathophysiology Unit, Immunology Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome.
⁵ Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital Campus, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁶ National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Haematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome; Department of Paediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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