Mehrabani Sanaz
Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran.
Int J Prev Med. 2020 Sep 22;11:157. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_277_20. eCollection 2020.
Nowadays, COVID-19 is in pandemic stage, and concerns about the infection of children are on the rise. At first, it has been believed that children are not at risk while some evidences have shown that the risk of infection is lower in children than adults. The COVID-19 children indicated milder symptoms including cough, fever, sore throat, myalgia sneezing, and fatigue than COVID-19 adults. Lymphopenia, which is prevalent in adult cases, has not been reported in pediatric patients. The COVID-19 can also occur in neonates although vertical transmission from mothers to fetuses during pregnancy is rare. Overall, the outcome is better in children than adults. Thus far, there has been neither specific treatment for eradicating the infection nor any preventative vaccine for COVID-19, Preventive measures such as frequent hand washing, social distancing and wearing face mask are the best ways.
如今，新冠病毒肺炎处于大流行阶段，人们对儿童感染的担忧日益增加。起初，人们认为儿童没有感染风险，而一些证据表明儿童感染风险低于成人。新冠病毒肺炎儿童的症状比成人更轻，包括咳嗽、发烧、喉咙痛、肌肉痛、打喷嚏和疲劳。成人病例中普遍存在的淋巴细胞减少症在儿科患者中尚未有报道。新冠病毒肺炎也可发生在新生儿中，尽管孕期母亲向胎儿的垂直传播很少见。总体而言，儿童的预后比成人好。迄今为止，尚无根除感染的特效治疗方法，也没有针对新冠病毒肺炎的预防性疫苗，勤洗手、保持社交距离和戴口罩等预防措施是最好的办法。
