Title:
COVID-19 in Hospitalized Ethiopian Children: Characteristics and Outcome Profile
Authors:
Tigist W. Leulseged, Ishmael S. Hassen, Endalkachew H. Maru, Wuletaw C. Zewde, Negat W. Chamiso, Mesay G. Edo, Daniel S. Abebe & Muktar Awol Aliy
[All from the Millennium COVID-19 Care Center, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
Published:
medRxiv, 4 November 2020
[Keep in mind that this is a preprint and not yet peer reviewed.]
From the Abstract:
Background: Considering the number of people affected and the burden to the health care system due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there is still a gap in understanding the disease better leaving a space for new evidence to be filled by researchers. This scarcity of evidence is observed especially among children with the virus. Understanding the disease pattern and its effect among children is vital in providing timely and targeted intervention.
Aim: To assess the characteristics and outcome profile of 115 RT-PCR confirmed children with COVID-19, and to determine the presence of significant difference in disease severity and survival distribution between groups among children admitted to Millennium COVID-19 Care Center in Ethiopia.