Editorial Commentary on "Severity of Illness Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants of Concern in Children: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study"

Christopher C Blyth^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute and School of Medicine. University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Editorial

Christopher C Blyth. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 5;11(11):475-476.

doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac074.

Christopher C Blyth^{1

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3}

¹ Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute and School of Medicine. University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Microbiology, Pathwest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Comment on

Severity of Illness Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants of Concern in Children: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.
Edward PR, Lorenzo-Redondo R, Reyna ME, Simons LM, Hultquist JF, Patel AB, Ozer EA, Muller WJ, Heald-Sargent T, McHugh M, Dean T, Dalal RM, John J, Manz SC, Kociolek LK. Edward PR, et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Oct 25;11(10):440-447. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac068. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022. PMID: 35924454 Free PMC article.

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