Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Italian pediatric population: a regional seroepidemiological study.

Manola ComarSimone BenvenutoMarzia LazzeriniGiorgio FedeleEgidio BarbiAlessandro AmaddeoFrancesco Maria RissoTamara StrajnPaola Di RoccoPaola StefanelliGiovanni Rezza

Published in: Italian journal of pediatrics (2021)

We assessed a 9.5% SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a pediatric cohort from Friuli Venezia-Giulia region in January 2021, showing a substantial increase after the second peak of the pandemic occurred starting from October 2020, compared to 1% prevalence observed by National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) in July 2020.

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