id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317357-l2y2onmn Talarico, Valentina Preliminary epidemiological analysis on children and adolescents with novel coronavirus disease (2019-nCoV) in a central area of Calabria Region 2020-05-11 .txt text/plain 735 46 52 The defined criteria used for suspecting a 2019-nCoV case are: the presence of an epidemiological history (travel to or residence in a location reporting community transmission of COVID-19 disease during the 14 days prior to symptom onset or having been in contact with a confirmed or probable COVID-19 patient) and an acute respiratory illness (e.g., fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, flu-like symptoms, shortness of breath). In suspected cases, a nasal and pharyngeal swab specimens positive for 2019-nCoV nucleic acid using real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assay is requested to confirm COV-ID-19 infection. In conclusions, the most important finding to come from the present preliminary report is the confirmed evidence that children and adolescents are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, but frequently do not have notable disease, raising the possibility that they could be facilitators of viral transmission. ./cache/cord-317357-l2y2onmn.txt ./txt/cord-317357-l2y2onmn.txt