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. 2022 Feb;61(2):184-187.
doi: 10.1177/00099228211064378. Epub 2021 Dec 3.

Characteristics of Children Diagnosed With SARS-CoV-2 in the Ambulatory Setting

Nina Guo  1 , Kimberly Crim  1 , Sarah Foote  1 , Bobby Batra  1 , Catherine Parrish  1 , Michael Crocetti  1
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Characteristics of Children Diagnosed With SARS-CoV-2 in the Ambulatory Setting

Nina Guo et al. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2022 Feb.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the clinical presentation and outcomes of children and adolescents testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the ambulatory setting. We found that about 8% of children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, with the large majority being symptomatic (80%). The average age of our population was 12.5 years, and females and males were affected equally. However, African American patients (62%) were substantially more likely to test positive compared with other races. Children in this study tended to have a mild course, mostly presenting with respiratory symptoms, and very few required hospitalization. As the epidemiology of the pandemic evolves, it will be important to monitor the effects that changing variants have on infected children and the impact that vaccination programs have on mitigating infection risk.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; ambulatory setting.

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