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Editor, Senior Moderator
Jpn J Infect Dis
. 2020 May 29.
doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.181. Online ahead of print.
The First Pediatric Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan; The Risk of Co-Infection With Other Respiratory Viruses
Fujio Kakuya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Okubo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hiroaki Fujiyasu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Iori Wakabayashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Masayo Syouji[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Takahiro Kinebuchi[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by a novel coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, and has a high mortality rate. The disease emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and spread to Japan, including Hokkaido, in January 2020. In February 2020, three children were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Furano, Hokkaido, Japan. During this period, influenza and human metapneumovirus infections were prevalent among children in the Furano region. Two of the three cases experienced co-infection with other respiratory viruses, including influenza virus A or human metapneumovirus. To the authors' knowledge, the cases described in the present report were the first pediatric patients with COVID-19 in Japan. In children with COVID-19, the possibility of co-infection with other respiratory pathogens should be considered.
. 2020 May 29.
doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.181. Online ahead of print.
The First Pediatric Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan; The Risk of Co-Infection With Other Respiratory Viruses
Fujio Kakuya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hitoshi Okubo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hiroaki Fujiyasu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Iori Wakabayashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Masayo Syouji[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Takahiro Kinebuchi[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32475878
- DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.181
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by a novel coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, and has a high mortality rate. The disease emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and spread to Japan, including Hokkaido, in January 2020. In February 2020, three children were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Furano, Hokkaido, Japan. During this period, influenza and human metapneumovirus infections were prevalent among children in the Furano region. Two of the three cases experienced co-infection with other respiratory viruses, including influenza virus A or human metapneumovirus. To the authors' knowledge, the cases described in the present report were the first pediatric patients with COVID-19 in Japan. In children with COVID-19, the possibility of co-infection with other respiratory pathogens should be considered.