Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - Archives of disease in childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children have less severe symptoms when infected
with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this …

[HTML][HTML] Viral interference between respiratory viruses

J Piret, G Boivin - Emerging infectious diseases, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple respiratory viruses can concurrently or sequentially infect the respiratory tract and
lead to virus‒virus interactions. Infection by a first virus could enhance or reduce infection …

COVID-19 in children: where do we stand?

GB Nikolopoulou, HC Maltezou - Archives of medical research, 2022 - Elsevier
From the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic it became
evident that children infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions on influenza and other respiratory viral infections in New Zealand

QS Huang, T Wood, L Jelley, T Jennings… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Stringent nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and border closures
are not currently recommended for pandemic influenza control. New Zealand used these …

COVID-19 pathophysiology: A review

K Yuki, M Fujiogi, S Koutsogiannaki - Clinical immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, now named as SARS-CoV-2, caused a series of
acute atypical respiratory diseases in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The disease caused …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonality of respiratory viral infections

M Moriyama, WJ Hugentobler… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The seasonal cycle of respiratory viral diseases has been widely recognized for thousands
of years, as annual epidemics of the common cold and influenza disease hit the human …

[HTML][HTML] The microbial coinfection in COVID-19

X Chen, B Liao, L Cheng, X Peng, X Xu, Y Li… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel β-coronavirus,
is the main pathogenic agent of the rapidly spreading pneumonia called coronavirus …

COVID-19 in children, pregnancy and neonates: a review of epidemiologic and clinical features

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has
spread rapidly across the globe. In contrast to initial reports, recent studies suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater concentrations of human influenza, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, and seasonal coronavirus nucleic …

AB Boehm, B Hughes, D Duong, V Chan-Herur… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Respiratory disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; however,
surveillance for circulating respiratory viruses is passive and biased. Wastewater-based …

[HTML][HTML] Etiological and epidemiological features of acute respiratory infections in China

ZJ Li, HY Zhang, LL Ren, QB Lu, X Ren… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nationwide prospective surveillance of all-age patients with acute respiratory infections was
conducted in China between 2009‒2019. Here we report the etiological and …