Long COVID in Children and Young after Infection or Reinfection with the Omicron Variant:A Prospective Observational Study

Authors: Pinto Pereira, Snehal M. ;

Mensah, Anna A.;

Nugawela, Manjula D.;

Stephenson, Terence ;

Ladhani, Shamez N. ;

Dalrymple, Emma;

Dudley, Jake;

McOwat, Kelsey;

Simmons, Ruth;

Heyman, Isobel;

Segal, Terry;

Semple, Malcolm G. ;

Xu, Laila;

Shafran, Roz

Source: Journal of Pediatrics

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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113463

Abstract

To describe the prevalence of long COVID in children infected for the first time (n = 332) or reinfected (n = 243) with Omicron compared with test-negative children (n = 311). Overall, 12%-16% of those infected with Omicron met the research definition of long COVID at 3 and 6 months after infection, with no evidence of difference between cases of first positive and reinfected (P_χ2 = 0.17).

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Pinto Pereira, S., Mensah, A., Nugawela, M., Stephenson, T., Ladhani, S., Dalrymple, E., Dudley, J., McOwat, K., Simmons, R., Heyman, I., Segal, T., Semple, M., Xu, L. & Shafran, R. 2023, 'Long COVID in Children and Young after Infection or Reinfection with the Omicron Variant:A Prospective Observational Study', Journal of Pediatrics, 259, article no: 113463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113463

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