Epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with COVID-19 in General Cabrera, Córdoba, Argentina, across 3 periods of the pandemic.

Arch Argent Pediatr

Ministry of Health of the province of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.

Published: December 2024

Introduction. The onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic raised questions about its behavior in different scenarios. Objective. To describe the clinical and epidemiological behavior of COVID-19 in pediatric patients living in an agricultural-industrial city across 3 periods (2020 to 2022). Population and methods. Observational, analytical study of children under 18 years diagnosed with COVID-19 in General Cabrera. Sex, age, symptoms, comorbidities, hospitalization, and death were analyzed. The χ² test was used to analyze the association between symptoms and period and the KruskalWallis test, to analyze differences in symptom duration per period. Confidence level: 95%. Results. In the study period, 194 cases in children under 18 years were confirmed. Only 1% required hospitalization; no deaths were recorded. Children's median age was 14 years; 51% were boys; 68% were asymptomatic; 2% had associated comorbidities. Conclusion. SARS-CoV-2 infection was low in pediatrics and showed a distinct behavior by period.

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