COVID-19 threat and frontline paediatric care professionals

Chryssie Koutsaftiki^{1

2}, Alexia Papatheodoropoulou³, Georgia Papaioannou⁴, Paraskevi Korovessi⁵, Ioannis N Mammas^{6

7

8

9}, Maria Theodoridou^{6

9}, Demetrios A Spandidos^{6

8}

Affiliations

¹ COVID-19 Reference Centre, 'Rafina' Health Care Centre, 19009 Rafina, Greece.
² Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, 15236 Palaia Penteli, Greece.
³ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Radiology, 'Mitera' Children's Hospital, 15123 Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics, 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, 15236 Palaia Penteli, Greece.
⁶ Institute of Paediatric Virology, Aliveri, 34500 Island of Euboea, Greece.
⁷ Paediatric Clinic, Aliveri, 34500 Island of Euboea, Greece.
⁸ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
⁹ First Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.

Chryssie Koutsaftiki et al. Exp Ther Med. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;20(6):291.

doi: 10.3892/etm.2020.9421. Epub 2020 Oct 30.

Chryssie Koutsaftiki^{1

2}, Alexia Papatheodoropoulou³, Georgia Papaioannou⁴, Paraskevi Korovessi⁵, Ioannis N Mammas^{6

7

8

9}, Maria Theodoridou^{6

9}, Demetrios A Spandidos^{6

8}

¹ COVID-19 Reference Centre, 'Rafina' Health Care Centre, 19009 Rafina, Greece.
² Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, 15236 Palaia Penteli, Greece.
³ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), University Hospital of Patras, 26504 Rio, Greece.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Radiology, 'Mitera' Children's Hospital, 15123 Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics, 'Penteli' Children's Hospital, 15236 Palaia Penteli, Greece.
⁶ Institute of Paediatric Virology, Aliveri, 34500 Island of Euboea, Greece.
⁷ Paediatric Clinic, Aliveri, 34500 Island of Euboea, Greece.
⁸ Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
⁹ First Department of Paediatrics, University of Athens School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Greece; SARS-CoV-2; frontline; paediatric care professionals; paediatrics.

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