Introduction: In December 2019, the COVID-19 disease, caused by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) appeared in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread worldwide. There is little information on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of... more
Introduction: In December 2019, the COVID-19 disease, caused by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) appeared in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread worldwide. There is little information on the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in pediatrics. Objectives: Describe the clinical and epidemiological profiles in children under 15 years of age with COVID-19 in Morocco. Methods: A series of cases of children under the age of 15 with COVID-19 nationwide were included from March 02 to May 03, 2020.All cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been confirmed by RT-PCR of samples taken from nasopharyngeal swabs. The epidemic curve was constructed based on the date of clinical investigation of the disease. Results: In the study cohort, 495 children were infected with SARS-Cov2, or 9.4% of all COVID-19 cases nationwide. Children therefore seem to be little affected by this virus. The mean age of these children was 7.3 ± 4.1 years, more than half of the cases (54.3%) were asymptomatic and...
