Are children less susceptible to COVID-19?

By P.-I. Lee, Ya-Li Hu, Po‐Yen Chen, Yhu-Chering Huang, P. Hsueh. Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi, 2020

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a Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan b Department of Pediatrics, New Taipei City Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan c Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infection, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan d Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan e Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan f Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Asymptomatic carrier state, acute respiratory disease, and pneumonia due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Facts and myths (2020, neutral): “However, whether children were less susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, or their presentation was mostly asymptomatic or difficult to detect, remains unclear.(49) In addition, most studies, especially those with a large patient population, were conducted in China, and the study of asymptomatic carriers was l”
Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, neutral): “Children account for the minority of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China and appear to be less susceptible to severe disease, possibly due to stronger innate immunity, fewer comorbidities, differences in maturation of viral receptors, and/or prior exposure to other coronavirus species (2”
Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey (2020, background): “Though healthy children and youth are less vulnerable to COVID-19 [11], there remains genuine concern about transmission of the virus, especially the spread to older people and those with underlying medical conditions.”