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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Moroccan Children
K El Fakiri1, H Nassih2, I Ait Sab1
1Department of Pediatrics, Child and Mother Hospital, Mohammed VI University Hospital Center, Marrakesh Medical and Pharmacy Faculty, Caddy Ayad University, Marrakesh, Morocco.
Objective:
This study aims to analyze the epidemiological and clinical features of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) in a Moroccan pediatric population.
Methods:
A retrospective study of a cohort of 74 children with RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19. We collected information on clinical and laboratory features of all children (age <18 years) admitted between 2 March, 2020 and 1 April, 2020.
Results:
The mean (SD) age of the 74 children (40 girls) was 7 (1.5) years. The mean (SD) time from illness onset to diagnosis was 2 (1) days. 54 children were asymptomatic, while eight had fever, and five cases had cough. Recovery was after a mean (SD) of 12 (1) days.
Conclusion:
COVID-19 was mostly mild in the pediatric population in Morocco.
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