Mild and Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease in Children, Adolescents, and Household Contacts and Prolonged Viral Excretion

Machado, Marcia Borges; Fajardo, Thamirys Cosmo Gillo; Oliveira, Lourival Benedito de; Quadros, Antonio Carlos de; Catalan, Daniel Thomé; Piovesan, Karim Cristina; Garcia, Maria Emília De Domenico; Silva, Maurício Feliciano da; Dezena, Rita de Cássia de Aguirre Bernardes; Passos, Saulo Duarte

doi:10.1155/2022/5625104

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“…Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents runs milder than that in adults. The majority of children with COVID-19 develop a mild form of the disease, with 15-30% of children being infected asymptomatically [3][4][5][6]. However, the low case ascertainment of paucisymptomatic children limits the accuracy of prevalence estimations in countries with widespread and high daily case numbers of COVID-19 [7].…”

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Behavioral and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents following COVID-19 Disease: A Case-Control Study

Miraglia del Giudice,

Klain,

Dinardo

et al. 2023

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Introduction: Recent studies show that neuropsychiatric disorders are the most frequent sequelae of COVID-19 in children. Purpose: Our work aimed to evaluate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on behavior and sleep in children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: We enrolled 107 patients aged 1.5–18 years who contracted COVID-19 between one year and one month prior to data collection, referred to the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Italy. We asked their parents to complete two standardized questionnaires for the assessment of behavior (Child Behavior CheckList (CBCL)) and sleep (Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SLDS)). We analysed and compared the results with a control group (pre-COVID-19 pandemic). Results: In the COVID-19 group, the major results were found for sleep breathing disorders, sleep–wake transition disorders and disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep for the SDSC questionnaire, and internalizing scale, total scale and anxiety/depression for the CBCL questionnaire. The comparison of the CBCL results of the cases with the controls revealed statistically significant differences for the following items: internalizing scale, externalizing scale, somatic complaints, total score, thought problems [(p < 0.01)], anxious/depressed problems and withdrawn [(p < 0.001)]. Conclusions: COVID-19 has impacted children’s and adolescents’ mental health. Adolescents were the most affected patient group for internalizing problems, including anxiety and depression.

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“…Children 2023, 10, 1189 2 of 15 to those of seasonal respiratory viral infections [5,8]. Although COVID-19 has a favourable prognosis in terms of paediatric age, numerous sequelae have been reported, defined as 'long COVID' [9].…”

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Behavioral and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents following COVID-19 Disease: A Case-Control Study

Miraglia del Giudice,

Klain,

Dinardo

et al. 2023

Children

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Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infected population during the second and third epidemiological waves in Sri Lanka

Abeynayake

Harshani²,

Wijewickrama³

et al. 2023

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Objective: To analyze data on socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infected population whose samples were received from Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka. Methods: Laboratory based retrospective study was done on patient samples which were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by National Reference Virology Laboratory at the Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka, from November, 2020 to November, 2021. Data on socio-demographic characteristics and clinical presentation of 13 126 patients were examined. Results: The mean age of the study population was (36.0±7.2) years and the majority were men (64.0%). The highest number of positive cases were found in the 21-30 years-of-age group. Two distinct peaks were noted in the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals. In addition, 42.5% of the positive samples tested positive (42.5%) were from Medical Officer of Health collection centres. Furthermore, 60.6% (7 951) of the infected subjects were asymptomatic whereas the remaining were symptomatic. The highest percentage of symptomatic patients were observed in the 91-100 years-of-age group while the highest asymptomatic subjects were found in the 31-40 years-of-age group. The percentage of asymptomatic children (65.3%) was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of adults (43.4%). Conclusions: The findings of this study aid decision makers to focus on the vulnerable groups, and geographic and temporal distribution of patients in the public health strategies that aim at preventing the spread of the disease and reducinig its mortalities.

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Mild and Asymptomatic Coronavirus Disease in Children, Adolescents, and Household Contacts and Prolonged Viral Excretion

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Behavioral and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents following COVID-19 Disease: A Case-Control Study

Behavioral and Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents following COVID-19 Disease: A Case-Control Study

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infected population during the second and third epidemiological waves in Sri Lanka

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