id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-318483-il5aq8py Perez Gaxiola, G. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with SARS-CoV-2 infection: case series in Sinaloa 2020-07-11 .txt text/plain 1758 125 54 Objectives: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric cases confirmed in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, during the first three months of the pandemic, and of children admitted with COVID-19 to a secondary hospital. Although the prevalence of COVID-19 in childhood represents a low percentage of the totality of reported cases, varying between 0.8% and 2.7% (9) (10) (11) , the number of children that may become affected and the different clinical presentation of the disease compared to the adult population (4, 12) may be a challenge for pediatricians and general practitioners. The objectives of this study were to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric cases confirmed in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, during the first three months of the pandemic in the region, and of a subset of those children admitted with COVID-19 to Sinaloa Pediatric Hospital (Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa "Dr. Rigoberto Aguilar Pico", HPS). This case series describes the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children infected by SARS-CoV-2 during the first three months of the pandemic in the state of Sinaloa. ./cache/cord-318483-il5aq8py.txt ./txt/cord-318483-il5aq8py.txt