Ethnicity and COVID-19 in children with comorbidities

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
² Department of Infection Science and Virology, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁵ Paediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition Centre, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁶ Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK. Electronic address: atul.gupta@kcl.ac.uk.

Katharine Harman et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;4(7):e24-e25.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30167-X. Epub 2020 May 29.

¹ Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
² Department of Infection Science and Virology, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁵ Paediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition Centre, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
⁶ Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK. Electronic address: atul.gupta@kcl.ac.uk.

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