Global Pediatric Pulmonology Alliance (GPPA) proposal for COVID-19 vaccination in children

Lance E Rodewald¹, Kun-Ling Shen², Yong-Hong Yang³, Gary Wing-Kin Wong⁴, Leyla Namazova-Baranova⁵, Lanny J Rosenwasser⁶, Adel S Alharbi⁷, Anne B Chang⁸, Jim Buttery⁹, Basil Elnazir¹⁰, Ruth A Etzel¹¹, Anne Goh¹², Hilary Hoey¹³, Rosemary Horne¹⁴, Eitan Kerem¹⁵, Antonella Muraro¹⁶, Chris O'Callaghan¹⁷, Kazunobu Ouchi¹⁸, Varinder Singh¹⁹, Jiu-Yao Wang²⁰, Spencer Li²¹, Yu Guan²²; Global Pediatric Pulmonology Alliance (GPPA) Council; Yue-Jie Zheng²³, Zhengde Xie²⁴, Gen Lu²⁵, Yi Jiang²⁶, Xing-Wang Li²⁷, Rong-Meng Jiang²⁷, Xiao-Chuan Wang²⁸, Ji-Kui Deng²⁹, Xiao-Xia Lu³⁰, Bao-Ping Xu³¹, Zhuang Wei³², Lu-Zhao Feng³³, Zheng-Yan Zhao³⁴; Global Pediatric Pulmonology Alliance (GPPA) Expert Panel on Infectious Diseases and COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ National Immunization Program, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
² China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Respiratory, Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China. kunlingshen1717@163.com.
³ Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China. yyh628628@sina.com.
⁴ Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁵ Pediatrics and Child Health Research Institute, Central Clinical Hospital, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁶ University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁷ Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia and Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia.
⁹ Monash Children's Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁰ Children's Health Ireland and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
¹² KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁴ Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
¹⁶ Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto Region Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
¹⁷ UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) BRC, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-city, Japan.
¹⁹ Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Bangla Sahib Marg, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, China.
²¹ VITUP International Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
²² China Medicine Education Association Pediatric Committee, Beijing, China.
²³ Department of Respiratory Disease, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
²⁴ Research Unit of Critical Infection in Children, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU016, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
²⁵ Department of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China.
²⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
²⁷ Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
²⁸ Department of Clinical Immunology/Allergy, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Center for Children's Health, Shanghai, China.
²⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
³⁰ Department of Respiratory Disease, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³¹ China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Respiratory, Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
³² Center for Health Care, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³³ School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
³⁴ Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

PMID: 34586608
PMCID: PMC8478631
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-021-00459-4

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Global Pediatric Pulmonology Alliance (GPPA) proposal for COVID-19 vaccination in children

Lance E Rodewald et al. World J Pediatr. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;17(5):458-461.

doi: 10.1007/s12519-021-00459-4.

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Affiliations

¹ National Immunization Program, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
² China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Respiratory, Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China. kunlingshen1717@163.com.
³ Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China. yyh628628@sina.com.
⁴ Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
⁵ Pediatrics and Child Health Research Institute, Central Clinical Hospital, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁶ University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
⁷ Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Ministry of Defense, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia and Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia.
⁹ Monash Children's Hospital, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁰ Children's Health Ireland and Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
¹¹ George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
¹² KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Dublin Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
¹⁴ Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
¹⁶ Food Allergy Referral Centre Veneto Region Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
¹⁷ UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) BRC, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki-city, Japan.
¹⁹ Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, Bangla Sahib Marg, New Delhi, India.
²⁰ College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, China.
²¹ VITUP International Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
²² China Medicine Education Association Pediatric Committee, Beijing, China.
²³ Department of Respiratory Disease, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
²⁴ Research Unit of Critical Infection in Children, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 2019RU016, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
²⁵ Department of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, China.
²⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
²⁷ Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
²⁸ Department of Clinical Immunology/Allergy, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Center for Children's Health, Shanghai, China.
²⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
³⁰ Department of Respiratory Disease, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
³¹ China National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Respiratory, Beijing Children's hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China.
³² Center for Health Care, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
³³ School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
³⁴ Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

PMID: 34586608
PMCID: PMC8478631
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-021-00459-4

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All authors declared no financial or non-financial conflict of interests related to this paper.

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