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. 2020 Nov;39(11):e369-e372.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002861.

Changes in Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction-positive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Rates in Adults and Children According to the Epidemic Stages

Corinne Levy  1   2   3   4 , Romain Basmaci  2   5 , Philippe Bensaid  6 , Cécile Bost Bru  1   7 , Edeline Coinde  8 , Emmanuelle Dessioux  9 , Cécile Fournial  10 , Jean Gashignard  2   11 , Hervé Haas  2   12 , Véronique Hentgen  1   13 , Frédéric Huet  14 , Muriel Lalande  15 , Alain Martinot  2   16 , Charlotte Pons  17 , Anne Sophie Romain  2   18 , Nicoleta Ursulescu  19 , François Vie Le Sage  2   20   21 , Josette Raymond  2   22 , Stéphane Béchet  1 , Julie Toubiana  2   23 , Robert Cohen  1   2   3   4
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Changes in Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction-positive Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Rates in Adults and Children According to the Epidemic Stages

Corinne Levy et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

From March 2, 2020, to April 26, 2020, 52,588 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were performed in France, 6490 in children and 46,098 in adults. The rate of RT-PCR-positive SARS-CoV-2 tests for children (5.9%) was always less than that for adults (20.3%) but vary according to the epidemic stage. The risk ratio of RT-PCR-positive SARS-CoV-2 tests for adults compared with children was 3.5 (95% confidence interval: 3.2-3.9) for the whole study period.

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