March 19, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• This article describes the spectrum of illness in 171 children with COVID-19 – most of whom had mild symptoms and were asymptomatic. 
• The authors emphasize the need to determine transmission potential of asymptomatic cases that could guide in developing measures to control the ongoing pandemic. 

Lu et al. (Mar 18, 2020). SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children. NEJM. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2005073