COVID‑19 Infection and Children: A Comprehensive Review

Sanaz Mehrabani

Abstract


Nowadays, COVID‑19 is in pandemic stage, and concerns about the infection of children are on the rise. At first, it has been believed that children are not at risk while some evidences have shown that the risk of infection is lower in children than adults. The COVID‑19 children indicated milder symptoms including cough, fever, sore throat, myalgia sneezing, and fatigue than COVID‑19 adults. Lymphopenia, which is prevalent in adult cases, has not been reported in pediatric patients. The COVID‑19 can also occur in neonates although vertical transmission from mothers to fetuses during pregnancy is rare. Overall, the outcome is better in children than adults. Thus far, there has been neither specific treatment for eradicating the infection nor any preventative vaccine for COVID‑19, Preventive measures such as frequent hand washing, social distancing and wearing face mask are the best ways.

Keywords


COVID‑19; pediatric; newborn

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