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المؤلفMusa, Omran A H
المؤلفChivese, Tawanda
المؤلفBansal, Devendra
المؤلفAbdulmajeed, Jazeel
المؤلفAmeen, Osman
المؤلفIslam, Nazmul
المؤلفXu, Chang
المؤلفSallam, Mohamed A
المؤلفAlbayat, Soha S
المؤلفKhogali, Hayat S
المؤلفAhmed, Shazia N N
المؤلفHimatt, Sayed M
المؤلفNour, Mohamed
المؤلفElberdiny, Aiman A
المؤلفAbdallah, Abdallah Musa
المؤلفFuruya-Kanamori, Luis
المؤلفAl-Romaihi, Hamad E
المؤلفDoi, Suhail A R
المؤلفAl-Thani, Mohammed H J
المؤلفFarag, Elmoubashar Abu Baker Abd
تاريخ الإتاحة2021-07-12T10:45:20Z
تاريخ النشر2021-07-02
اسم المنشورEpidemiology & Infection
المعرّفhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268821001515
الاقتباسMusa, O., Chivese, T., Bansal, D., Abdulmajeed, J., Ameen, O., Islam, N., . . . Farag, E. (2021). Prevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals. Epidemiology and Infection, 1-19. doi:10.1017/S0950268821001515
الرقم المعياري الدولي للكتاب0950-2688
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/21412
الملخصThere is a paucity of evidence about the prevalence and risk factors for symptomatic infection among children. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 and its risk factors in children and adolescents aged 0-18 years in Qatar. We conducted a cross-sectional study of all children aged 0-18 years diagnosed with COVID-19 using PCR in Qatar during the period 1st March to 31st July 2020. A generalized linear model (GLM) with a binomial family and identity link was used to assess the association between selected factors and the prevalence of symptomatic infection. A total of 11445 children with a median age of 8 years (IQR 3-13 years) were included in this study. The prevalence of symptomatic COVID-19 was 36.6% (95% CI 35.7 to 37.5%), and it was similar between children aged <5 years (37.8%), 5-9 years (34.3%), and 10+ years (37.3%). The most frequently reported symptoms among the symptomatic group were fever (73.5%), cough (34.8%),headache (23.2%) and sore throat (23.2%). Fever (82.8%) was more common in symptomatic children aged <5 years, while cough (38.7%) was more prevalent in those aged ten years or older, compared to other age groups. Variables associated with an increased risk of symptomatic infection were; contact with confirmed cases (RD 0.21; 95%CI 0.20 to 0.23; p=0.001), having visited a health care facility (RD 0.54; 95%CI 0.45 to 0.62; p=0.001), and children aged under 5 years (RD 0.05; 95%CI 0.02 to 0.07; p=0.001) or aged ten years or older (RD 0.04; 95%CI 0.02 to 0.06; p=0.001). A third of the children with COVID-19 were symptomatic with a higher proportion of fever in very young children and a higher proportion of cough in those between 10-18 years of age.
راعي المشروعThis research received no specific grant from any funding agency, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. LFK was supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship (APP1158469)
اللغةen
الناشرCambridge University Press
الموضوعChildren
symptomatic COVID-19
Qatar
العنوانPrevalence and determinants of symptomatic COVID-19 infection among children and adolescents in Qatar: A cross sectional analysis of 11445 individuals.
النوعArticle
ESSN1469-4409
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