Comparing SARS-CoV-2 variants among children and adolescents in Germany: relative risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality

SARS-CoV-2 infections cause COVID-19 and have a wide spectrum of morbidity. Severe disease courses among children are rare. To date, data on the variability of morbidity in relation to variant of concern (VOC) in children has been sparse and inconclusive. We compare the clinical severity of SARS-CoV...

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Main Authors:	Jank, Marietta (Author) , Oechsle, Anna-Lisa (Author) , Armann, Jakob (Author) , Behrends, Uta (Author) , Berner, Reinhard (Author) , Chao, Cho-Ming (Author) , Diffloth, Natalie (Author) , Doenhardt, Maren (Author) , Hansen, Gesine (Author) , Hufnagel, Markus (Author) , Lander, Fabian (Author) , Liese, Johannes G. (Author) , Muntau, Ania (Author) , Niehues, Tim (Author) , Both, H. Ulrich von (Author) , Verjans, Eva (Author) , Weil, Katharina (Author) , von Kries, Rüdiger (Author) , Schroten, Horst (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	October 2023
In:	Infection Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 5, Pages: 1357-1367
ISSN:	1439-0973
DOI:	10.1007/s15010-023-01996-y
Online Access:	Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-023-01996-y Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s15010-023-01996-y
Author Notes:	Marietta Jank, Anna-Lisa Oechsle, Jakob Armann, Uta Behrends, Reinhard Berner, Cho-Ming Chao, Natalie Diffloth, Maren Doenhardt, Gesine Hansen, Markus Hufnagel, Fabian Lander, Johannes G. Liese, Ania C. Muntau, Tim Niehues, Ulrich von Both, Eva Verjans, Katharina Weil, Rüdiger von Kries, Horst Schroten