National Trends in Disease Activity for COVID-19 Among Children in the US.

Authors :: Hutch MR
Liu M
Avillach P
Luo Y
Bourgeois FT
Source :: Frontiers in pediatrics [Front Pediatr] 2021 Jul 08; Vol. 9, pp. 700656. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 08 (Print Publication: 2021).
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Ongoing monitoring of COVID-19 disease burden in children will help inform mitigation strategies and guide pediatric vaccination programs. Leveraging a national, comprehensive dataset, we sought to quantify and compare disease burden and trends in hospitalizations for children and adults in the US.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Hutch, Liu, Avillach, Consortium for Clinical Characterization of COVID-19 by EHR (4CE), Luo and Bourgeois.)