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dc.contributor.author | Yi Sim, Jun | - |
dc.contributor.author | -Sheng Wu, Ping | - |
dc.contributor.author | Feng Cheng, Ching- | - |
dc.contributor.author | -Teng Yiang, Giou | - |
dc.contributor.author | -Hsien Yu, Chun | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-12-20T03:09:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-12-20T03:09:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-01 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1684-1182 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9422 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract Background: Characteristics of children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Taiwanese households is nascent. We sought to characterize SARS-CoV-2 infection, and estimate the relative risk of infection among children within households during school closures in Taipei and New Taipei City. Methods: We reviewed consecutive children below 18 years presenting to our emergency department from May 18, 2021 to July 12, 2021 who underwent real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) for SARS-CoV-2 from respiratory swabs. Demographics, symptoms, and contacts were captured from medical records. Household contact was defined as an individual with confirmed COVID-19 living in the same residence as the child. Results: Among 56 children with SARS-CoV-2, twenty-five (45%) were male with mean age of 7.9 years. Symptoms were nonspecific, with 29% having fever, 32% having cough, and 48% were asymptomatic. The median cycle threshold (Ct) value of SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR was 25 (range 11e38). All 56 children reported 94 contacts with a COVID-19 patient, of which 99% were household contacts. The relative risk of infection was 8.5 (95% CI 5.0e14.7) for children whose parent(s) were COVID-19 patients, and 7.3 (95% CI 4.9e11.0) for children whose household grandparent(s) were patients, as compared to children without respective contacts. Children without COVID-19 contacts were all tested negative.Conclusions: During school closures in Taipei and New Taipei City, children with SARS-CoV-2 infection in our cohort had one or more COVID-19 contacts, mostly within their households. While diagnosing pediatric COVID-19 is challenging as children were often asymptomatic, those without contacts were likely uninfected | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Taiwan LLC | en_US |
dc.subject | SARS-CoV-2; | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19; | en_US |
dc.subject | Household; | en_US |
dc.subject | Children; | en_US |
dc.subject | School closure; | en_US |
dc.subject | Taiwan | en_US |
dc.title | Characteristics, contacts, and relative risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children during school closures | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | VOL 55 NO 6 Part 1 2022 |
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