Atamari-Anahui Noé, Cruz-Nina Nelson Deyvis, Condori-Huaraka Mirian, Nuñez-Paucar Héctor, Rondón-Abuhadba Evelina Andrea, Ordoñez-Linares Marco Edmundo, Pereira-Victoriod César Johan
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Lima, Perú; Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño-Breña,Lima, Perú. Address:Avenida La Fontana 550, La Molina Lima, Perú. Email:
Asociación Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Humana (ASOCIEMH CUSCO), Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Perú. ORCID: 0000-0002-5250-5436.
Medwave. 2020 Sep 16;20(8):e8025. doi: 10.5867/medwave.2020.08.8025.
Coronavirus disease 2019 has been reported in the pediatric population; however, there is limited information in Latin American and the Caribbean countries.
To describe the frequency of cases, deaths, incidence, and case fatality rate attributed to COVID-19 in children and adolescents from Latin American and the Caribbean countries.
An observational study was carried-out using COVID-19 case registries in children and adolescents published by the Ministries of Health of 19 countries in Latin American and the Caribbean countries until May 20, 2020. Cases and deaths were classified by sex and age group. Also, incidence and case fatality rates were calculated for each country.
A total of 20,757 (4.2% of all patients) cases of COVID-19 were reported in children from 0 to 19 years of age. 52.4% was in the group aged 10 to 19 years. 50.6% were male. 139 (0.26%) deaths were reported in children from 0 to 19 years. The accumulated incidence was higher in Chile, Panama, and Peru. The cumulative incidence per 100,000 inhabitants ranged from 1.26 to 77.55 in the population from 0 to 9 years old, 1.57 to 98.84 from 10 to 19 years old, and 0.91 to 88.34 from 0 to 19 years old. The case fatality rate in children from 0 to 19 years old ranged from 0 to 9.09%.
In 19 Latin American and the Caribbean countries, the frequency of cases, cumulative incidence, case fatality rate in children and adolescents was heterogeneous. These results contribute to understanding the epidemiological behavior of this disease in children and adolescents of the countries included in the study.
2019冠状病毒病已在儿童群体中被报道；然而，拉丁美洲和加勒比国家的相关信息有限。
描述拉丁美洲和加勒比国家儿童及青少年中由新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）导致的病例数、死亡数、发病率和病死率。
采用观察性研究，利用拉丁美洲和加勒比国家19个国家卫生部发布的关于儿童及青少年COVID-19病例登记信息，截至2020年5月20日。病例和死亡按性别及年龄组分类。此外，计算每个国家的发病率和病死率。
共报告了0至19岁儿童中20757例（占所有患者的4.2%）COVID-19病例。52.4%在10至19岁年龄组。50.6%为男性。报告了0至19岁儿童中有139例（0.26%）死亡。智利、巴拿马和秘鲁的累积发病率较高。0至9岁人群中每10万居民的累积发病率在1.26至77.55之间，10至19岁人群中为1.57至98.84，0至19岁人群中为0.91至88.34。0至19岁儿童的病死率在0至9.09%之间。
在19个拉丁美洲和加勒比国家，儿童及青少年中的病例数、累积发病率、病死率存在差异。这些结果有助于了解该疾病在纳入研究国家的儿童及青少年中的流行病学特征。
