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. 2022 Apr 1;149(4):e2021055765.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055765.

Severity of Acute COVID-19 in Children <18 Years Old March 2020 to December 2021

Christopher B Forrest  1 , Evanette K Burrows  1 , Asuncion Mejias  2 , Hanieh Razzaghi  1 , Dimitri Christakis  3 , Ravi Jhaveri  4 , Grace M Lee  5 , Nathan M Pajor  6 , Suchitra Rao  7 , Deepika Thacker  8 , L Charles Bailey  1
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Severity of Acute COVID-19 in Children <18 Years Old March 2020 to December 2021

Christopher B Forrest et al. Pediatrics. .

Abstract

This national study evaluated trends in illness severity among 82 798 children with coronavirus disease 2019 from March 1, 2020, to December 30, 2021.

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POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Dr Mejias reports funding from Janssen, Sanofi, and Merck for advisory board participation; and Dr Rao reports grant support from GSK and Biofire. The remaining authors have indicated they have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose.

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