A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents

The post-acute impacts of COVID-19 in children and adolescents are not well understood. In this population-based study in Geneva, the authors find evidence of COVID-19-related symptom persistence beyond 12 weeks in adolescents, and identify chronic conditions and lower socioeconomic status as risk f...

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Main Authors: Roxane Dumont, Viviane Richard, Elsa Lorthe, Andrea Loizeau, Francesco Pennacchio, María-Eugenia Zaballa, Hélène Baysson, Mayssam Nehme, Anne Perrin, Arnaud G. L’Huillier, Laurent Kaiser, Rémy P. Barbe, Klara M. Posfay-Barbe, Silvia Stringhini, SEROCoV-KIDS study group, Idris Guessous
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34616-8
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author Roxane Dumont
Viviane Richard
Elsa Lorthe
Andrea Loizeau
Francesco Pennacchio
María-Eugenia Zaballa
Hélène Baysson
Mayssam Nehme
Anne Perrin
Arnaud G. L’Huillier
Laurent Kaiser
Rémy P. Barbe
Klara M. Posfay-Barbe
Silvia Stringhini
SEROCoV-KIDS study group
Idris Guessous
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Viviane Richard
Elsa Lorthe
Andrea Loizeau
Francesco Pennacchio
María-Eugenia Zaballa
Hélène Baysson
Mayssam Nehme
Anne Perrin
Arnaud G. L’Huillier
Laurent Kaiser
Rémy P. Barbe
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Silvia Stringhini
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description The post-acute impacts of COVID-19 in children and adolescents are not well understood. In this population-based study in Geneva, the authors find evidence of COVID-19-related symptom persistence beyond 12 weeks in adolescents, and identify chronic conditions and lower socioeconomic status as risk factors.
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spelling doaj.art-36a68ecf820c4a76832bf7b82e57f0422022-12-22T04:17:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-11-011311810.1038/s41467-022-34616-8A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescentsRoxane Dumont0Viviane Richard1Elsa Lorthe2Andrea Loizeau3Francesco Pennacchio4María-Eugenia Zaballa5Hélène Baysson6Mayssam Nehme7Anne Perrin8Arnaud G. L’Huillier9Laurent Kaiser10Rémy P. Barbe11Klara M. Posfay-Barbe12Silvia Stringhini13SEROCoV-KIDS study groupIdris Guessous14Unit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsDepartment of Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of GenevaDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsGeneva Center for Emerging Viral Diseases and Laboratory Virology, Geneva University HospitalsDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsDivision of General Pediatrics, Department of Woman, Child, and Adolescent Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsUnit of Population Epidemiology, Division of Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University HospitalsDepartment of Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of GenevaThe post-acute impacts of COVID-19 in children and adolescents are not well understood. In this population-based study in Geneva, the authors find evidence of COVID-19-related symptom persistence beyond 12 weeks in adolescents, and identify chronic conditions and lower socioeconomic status as risk factors.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34616-8
spellingShingle Roxane Dumont
Viviane Richard
Elsa Lorthe
Andrea Loizeau
Francesco Pennacchio
María-Eugenia Zaballa
Hélène Baysson
Mayssam Nehme
Anne Perrin
Arnaud G. L’Huillier
Laurent Kaiser
Rémy P. Barbe
Klara M. Posfay-Barbe
Silvia Stringhini
SEROCoV-KIDS study group
Idris Guessous
A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
Nature Communications
title A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
title_full A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
title_fullStr A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
title_full_unstemmed A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
title_short A population-based serological study of post-COVID syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
title_sort population based serological study of post covid syndrome prevalence and risk factors in children and adolescents
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34616-8
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