International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity over the Course of the Pandemic

Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged over the COVID-19 pandemic. The implications for COVID-19 severity in children worldwide are unclear. The objective was to determine whether the dominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) were associated with differences in COVID-19 severity among hospitalized children.

Citation:
Zhu Y, Almeida FJ, Baillie JK, Bowen AC, Britton PN, Brizuela ME, et al. International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity over the Course of the Pandemic. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(10):1073-84

Keywords:
Covid-19; epidemiology; child; preschool; oxygen; pandemics; sars-cov-2

Abstract:
Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged over the COVID-19 pandemic. The implications for COVID-19 severity in children worldwide are unclear. The objective was to determine whether the dominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) were associated with differences in COVID-19 severity among hospitalized children.