학술논문
COVID-19 in children across three Asian cosmopolitan regions
Document Type
article
Author
Gilbert T. Chua; Xiaoli Xiong; Eun Hwa Choi; Mi Seon Han; Sung Hee Chang; Byoung Lo Jin; Eun Joo Lee; Baek Nam Kim; Min Kyoung Kim; Kihyun Doo; Ju Hee Seo; Yae Jean Kim; Yeo Jin Kim; Ji Young Park; Sun Bok Suh; Hyunju Lee; Eun Young Cho; Dong Hyun Kim; Jong Min Kim; Hye Young Kim; Su Eun Park; Joon Kee Lee; Dae Sun Jo; Seung Man Cho; Jae Hong Choi; Kyo Jin Jo; Young June Choe; Ki Hwan Kim; Shuiqing Chi; Shao-tao Tang; Huan Qin; Li Shan Zhou; Peng Chen; Joshua Sung Chih Wong; Kate Ching Ching Chan; Felix Yat Sun Yau; Shu Yan Lam; Calvin Chit Kwong Chow; Tak Wai Wong; Victor Chi-man Chan; Grace Wing Kit Poon; Chun Bong Chow; Wilfred H. S. Wong; Yu Lung Lau; Godfrey Chi Fung Chan; Celine S. L. Chui; Xue Li; Marco Hok Kung Ho; Ian C. K. Wong; Paul Kwong Hang Tam; Kelvin K. W. To; Jong Hyun Kim; Patrick Ip; Mike Yat Wah Kwan
Source
Emerging Microbes and Infections, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 2588-2596 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
22221751
2222-1751
2222-1751
Abstract
ABSTRACTAs another wave of COVID-19 outbreak has approached in July 2020, a larger scale COVID-19 pediatric Asian cohort summarizing the clinical observations is warranted. Children confirmed with COVID-19 infection from the Republic of Korea, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and Wuhan, China, during their first waves of local outbreaks were included. Their clinical characteristics and the temporal sequences of the first waves of local paediatric outbreaks were compared. Four hundred and twenty three children with COVID-19 were analyzed. Wuhan had the earliest peak, followed by Korea and HKSAR. Compared with Korea and Wuhan, patients in HKSAR were significantly older (mean age: 12.9 vs. 10.8 vs. 6.6 years, p