Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-10-2020

Identifier

DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piaa075; PMCID: PMC7337823

Abstract

Previous reports of coronavirus disease 2019 among children in the United States have been based on health jurisdiction reporting. We performed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing on children enrolled in active, prospective, multicenter surveillance during January-March 2020. Among 3187 children, only 4 (0.1%) SARS-CoV-2-positive cases were identified March 20-31 despite evidence of rising community circulation.

Journal Title

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

Volume

9

Issue

5

First Page

609

Last Page

612

MeSH Keywords

Adolescent; Betacoronavirus; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Coronavirus Infections; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Public Health Surveillance; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; United States

Keywords

COVID-19; acute respiratory illness; pediatrics; public health surveillance

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