The emergence of omicron: challenging times are here again!

T Singhal - Indian journal of pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
COVID-19 has been reported to have caused more than 286 million cases and 5.4 million
deaths till date. COVID variants have appeared at regular intervals—alpha, beta, gamma …

Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe

A Soriano-Arandes, A Brett, D Buonsenso… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2), mitigation policies for children have been a topic of considerable uncertainty and …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven assessment of adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Y Bilu, N Flaks-Manov, M Bivas-Benita, P Akiva… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Adolescents' mental health was severely compromised during the COVID-19
pandemic. Longitudinal real-world studies on changes in the mental health of adolescents …

[HTML][HTML] The role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern within households: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis, as at 30 June …

Y Zhu, Y Xia, J Pickering, AC Bowen… - …, 2023 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Meta-analyses and single-site studies have established that children are less
infectious than adults within a household when positive for ancestral SARS-CoV-2. In …

School attendance problems and absenteeism as early warning signals: Review and implications for health-based protocols and school-based practices

CA Kearney, R Dupont, M Fensken… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
School attendance has been historically linked to healthy states of functioning, whereas
school attendance problems/absenteeism have been historically linked to unhealthy states …

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and COVID-19 among 5 years-old Amazonian children and their association with poverty and food insecurity

MU Ferreira, I Giacomini, PM Sato… - PLoS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The epidemiology of childhood SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19-related
illness remains little studied in high-transmission tropical settings, partly due to the less …

Antibiotic overprescribing among neonates and children hospitalized with COVID-19 in Pakistan and the implications

ZUI Mustafa, AH Khan, SN Harun, M Salman… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
There are concerns with excessive antibiotic prescribing among patients admitted to hospital
with COVID-19, increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Most studies have been …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of current status and challenges of vaccinating children against SARS-CoV-2

M Zhang, P Zhang, Y Liang, B Du, L Li, Z Yu… - Journal of Infection and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has inflicted immense damage to countries …

Are children harmed by being locked up at home? The impact of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic on the phenomenon of domestic violence

J Grzejszczak, A Gabryelska, A Gmitrowicz… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of violence against children is a very complex one. There are many types
of child abuse, and they are culturally dependent to a significant degree. Although studies …

Circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants among children from November 2020 to January 2022 in Trieste (Italy)

M Dolci, L Signorini, C Cason, G Campisciano… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: The ongoing coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) outbreak involves the
pediatric population, but to date, few reports have investigated the circulation of variants …