SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children Less Than Forty Days Hospitalized in Belgium Between 2020 and 2022.
Milena DemeyArnaud BruyneelOlga ChatzisChristelle ChristiaensVeerle CosseyGabrielle De CrombruggheLieve De LilleTessa GoetghebuerEmmanuelle GueuletteMarc HainautCatherine HeijmansHortense HubinontPhu-Quoc LéLaurie LecomteInge MattijsCéline MignonBénédicte MondovitsMarine RodeschShancy RoozePetra SchelstraeteDiane StroobantLaurence ThielemansIngrid ThomasSelimaj K ValbonaEmmi Van DammeDimitri van der LindenJens Tomas Van PraetFrançoise VermeulenDavid WeynantsAnne TilmannePublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2024)
Our study aimed to assess the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in hospitalized infants under 40 days old, across 21 Belgian hospitals between 2020 and 2022. Of the 365 infants studied, 14.2% needed respiratory support. The median hospital stay was 3 days (interquartile range, 2-4), and there were no deaths. Infection severity was similar during the Omicron and Alpha/Delta periods.