Despite the global interest and concern about COVID-19, real data on children remained
limited throughout the pandemic. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, children and …

Background Currently, more than 30,200,000 COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in
Germany alone. However, data regarding prevalence of COVID-19 in children, both in …

Background SARS-CoV‑2 serologic studies complement and expand findings from
confirmed COVID-19 cases through identification of undetected cases. Objectives This …

Methods Data from an ongoing study from Bochum and Herne of symptomatic children in
outpatient care who were very young (0–3-year-olds [yo]), pre-school–aged (4–6 yo) …

Importance School and daycare closures were enforced as measures to confine the novel
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, based on the assumption that young …

Objectives: The comparatively large proportion of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in
the youngest children opens up the possibility that kindergartens represent reservoirs of …

Background: Children and youth are affected rather mildly in the acute phase of COVID-19
and thus, SARS-CoV-2 infection infection may easily be overlooked. In the light of current …

In Italy, during the second epidemic wave of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2), rapid antigenic (Ag) test at point-of-care (POCT) station were employed to …

Background In Germany, widespread full closures of schools and day care facilities were
part of lockdown measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In …

Objectives To determine the variation in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in school children
and the relationship with self-reported symptoms. Design Baseline measurements of a …