Severity of Illness Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants of Concern in Children: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.
Priya R EdwardRamon Lorenzo-RedondoMegan E ReynaLacy M SimonsJudd F HultquistAmi B PatelEgon Anderson OzerWilliam J MullerTaylor Heald-SargentMatthew McHughTaylor J DeanRaj M DalalJordan JohnShannon C ManzLarry K KociolekPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2021)
Compared to non-VOC COVID-19 infections, the gamma VOC, but not the alpha or delta VOCs, was associated with increased severity. These data suggest that recent increased in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations are related to increased delta COVID-19 incidence rather than increased delta virulence in children.