| Title | A single centre study of viral community-acquired pneumonia in children: No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 from October 2019 to March 2020. | ||
| Author | Mancino, Enrica; Cristiani, Luca; Pierangeli, Alessandra; Scagnolari, Carolina; Nenna, Raffaella; Petrarca, Laura; Di Mattia, Greta; La Regina, Domenico; Frassanito, Antonella; Oliveto, Giuseppe; Viscido, Agnese; Midulla, Fabio | ||
| Journal | J Clin Virol | Publication Year/Month | 2020-Jul |
| PMID | 32387967 | PMCID | PMC7189849 |
| Affiliation + expend | 1.Department of Maternal Science, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. | ||
Pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children. We described viral aetiologies, with particular interest in detecting SARS-CoV-2, in hospitalized pneumonia children. Human rhinovirus was the most frequently detected agent. No children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Our findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is rare in children and it was not circulating in Rome before COVID-19 outbreak.