CHANGES IN REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION-POSITIVE SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 RATES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE EPIDEMIC STAGES.

Date publication

août 2020

Journal

The Pediatric infectious disease journal

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr HUET Frédéric

Tous les auteurs :
Levy C, Basmaci R, Bensaid P, Bru CB, Coinde E, Dessioux E, Fournial C, Gashignard J, Haas H, Hentgen V, Huet F, Lalande M, Martinot A, Pons C, Romain AS, Ursulescu N, Le Sage FV, Raymond J, Béchet S, Toubiana J, Cohen R

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32868745

Résumé

From March 2, 2020, to April 26, 2020, 52,588 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were performed in France, 6490 in children and 46,098 in adults. The rate of RT-PCR-positive SARS-CoV-2 tests for children (5.9%) was always less than that for adults (20.3%) but vary according to the epidemic stage. The risk ratio of RT-PCR-positive SARS-CoV-2 tests for adults compared with children was 3.5 (95% confidence interval: 3.2-3.9) for the whole study period.

Référence

Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2020 Aug 28;: