Role of children in the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid scoping review
| العنوان: | Role of children in the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid scoping review |
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| المؤلفون: | Ibukunolu Olufemi Ogundele, Felix M Alakaloko, Collins C Nwokoro, Emmanuel A Ameh |
| المصدر: | BMJ Paediatrics Open, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2020) BMJ Paediatrics Open |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ Publishing Group, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Review, Asymptomatic, Pediatrics, RJ1-570, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, law, 030225 pediatrics, Epidemiology, Pandemic, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Social determinants of health, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health, education, China, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Social distance, virology, Transmission (mechanics), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, epidemiology, medicine.symptom, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | BackgroundAs a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have adopted measures of social distance, with the childhood population being one of the main focus of attention in these measures.MethodsA rapid scoping review was carried out by searching PubMed to know if children are more contagious than adults, and the proportion of asymptomatic cases in children. Google Scholar and MedRxiv/bioRxiv were also searched. The time period was restricted from 1 December 2019 until 28 May 2020. Only studies published in English, Italian, French or Spanish were included.ResultsFourteen out of 1099 identified articles were finally included. Studies included cases from China (n=9 to 2143), China and Taiwan (n=536), Korea (n=1), Vietnam (n=1), Australia (n=9), Geneva (n=40), the Netherlands (n=116), Ireland (n=3) and Spain (population-based study of IgG, n=8243). Although no complete data were available, between 15% and 55%–60% were asymptomatic, and 75%–100% of cases were from family transmission. Studies analysing school transmission showed children as not a driver of transmission. Prevalence of COVID-19 IgG antibody in children ConclusionsChildren are not transmitters to a greater extent than adults. There is a need to improve the validity of epidemiological surveillance to solve current uncertainties, and to take into account social determinants and child health inequalities during and after the current pandemic. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2399-9772 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ac59d1bea299a043259baf7e9aa11390Test https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000722.fullTest |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....ac59d1bea299a043259baf7e9aa11390 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 23999772 |
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