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Covid-19 and Children

COVID-19 and children concerns the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the surrounding pandemic on paediatric populations, including newborns, children, and adolescents. Children generally experience milder acute disease than adults, yet the topic spans the spectrum of clinical presentation, recognised severe and in…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 20× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2692-1537 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

COVID-19 and children concerns the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the surrounding pandemic on paediatric populations, including newborns, children, and adolescents. Children generally experience milder acute disease than adults, yet the topic spans the spectrum of clinical presentation, recognised severe and inflammatory manifestations, and the diagnostic and laboratory features that distinguish illness in younger patients. It also encompasses the indirect consequences of the pandemic on children, such as disruption to education and routines, social and economic effects on families and communities, and impacts on mental and developmental wellbeing. Study of this area includes clinical landmarks of COVID-19 across newborns, children, and teenagers, and laboratory dynamics such as changes in white-blood-cell and lymphocyte counts in early disease. Related work examines the impact of outbreaks on education and training, the broader social-economic situation, and prevention knowledge and practice in community settings that affect children. Considerations of growth assessment and nutrition in the post-pandemic period further inform paediatric care. Across these threads, the topic addresses both the direct clinical features of COVID-19 in the young and the wider developmental, educational, and social repercussions, supporting age-appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and management.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367
2020

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): A Narrative Review

Rezapour BarataliCorresponding author
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Assistant Professor, PhD in Health education and promotion, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 20 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Coronaviruses (ISSN 2692-1537).

Journal editorial board
Dr. Omeed Memar · USA Dr. SUDIPTI GUPTA · United States Dr. Jose Luis Turabian · Spain

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