SARS-CoV-2 Serostatus and COVID-19 Illness Characteristics by Variant Time Period in Non-Hospitalized Children and Adolescents.
Sarah E MessiahMichael D SwartzRhiana A AbbasYashar TalebiHarold W KohlMelissa Valerio-ShewmakerStacia M DeSantisAshraf YaseenSteven H KelderJessica A RossLindsay N PadillaMichael O GonzalezLeqing WuDavid LakeyJennifer A ShufordStephen J PontEric BoerwinklePublished in: Children (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Results show an increase in symptomatic COVID-19 infection among non-hospitalized children with each progressive variant over the past two years. Findings here support the public health guidance that eligible children should remain up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations.