Children with COVID-19 behaving milder may challenge the public policies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Children with COVID-19 behaving milder may challenge the public policies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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DOI:
10.1186/s12887-020-02316-1
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发表时间:
2020-09-01
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Shi, Yuan
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作者:
Liu, Chan;He, Yu;Shi, Yuan
BackgroundThe emerging virus is rampaging globally. A growing number of pediatric infected cases have been reported. Great efforts are needed to cut down the transmission.MethodsA single-arm meta-analysis was conducted. We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and several Chinese databases for studies presenting characteristics of children confirmed with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from December 12, 2019 to May 10, 2020. Quality Appraisal of Case Series Studies Checklist was used to assess quality and publication bias was analyzed by Egger's test. Random-effect model was used to calculate the pooled incidence rate (IR) or mean difference (MD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI), or a fixed model instead when I-2