학술논문
Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated children and young adults
Document Type
article
Author
Sarah L. Silverberg; Hennady P. Shulha; Brynn McMillan; Guanyuhui He; Amy Lee; Ana Citlali Márquez; Sofia R. Bartlett; Vivek Gill; Bahaa Abu-Raya; Julie A. Bettinger; Adriana Cabrera; Daniel Coombs; Soren Gantt; David M. Goldfarb; Laura Sauvé; Mel Krajden; Muhammad Morshed; Inna Sekirov; Agatha N. Jassem; Manish Sadarangani
Source
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1471-2334
Abstract
Abstract Background and objectives Pediatric COVID-19 cases are often mild or asymptomatic, which has complicated estimations of disease burden using existing testing practices. We aimed to determine the age-specific population seropositivity and risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among children and young adults during the pandemic in British Columbia (BC). Methods We conducted two cross-sectional serosurveys: phase 1 enrolled children and adults