Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 16, 2020

Clinical Characteristics of 34 Children with Coronavirus Disease-2019 in the West of China: a Multiple-center Case Series

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  • This retrospective, observational study of 34 children from 4 hospitals in China provides valuable insight into early diagnosis of COVID-19 in children and epidemic control policy making. 
  • Compared to adults, initial symptoms in pediatric cases included higher incidences of fever, vomiting and diarrhea. The key radiological difference between children and adults was the near absence of ground-glass opacity observed in children.  

Zhang, et al. (Mar 12, 2020). Clinical Characteristics of 34 Children with Coronavirus Disease-2019 in the West of China: a Multiple-center Case Series. Pre-print downloaded Mar 12 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.12.20034686