Clinical characteristics and viral RNA detection in children With coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Korea – MD Linx

Researchers sought to describe the complete clinical course and the duration of SARS-CoV-2 RNA detectability in children confirmed with COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea, where implementation of rigorous public health interventions has been done. At 20 hospitals and 2 nonhospital isolation facilities in Korea, they conducted this case series of 91 children younger than 19 years who had COVID-19. Among these cases, 22.0% were asymptomatic. Diagnosis of only 8.5% of symptomatic cases was done at t…

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