COVID-19 in children in Odisha state, India: a retrospective review.
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SUBMITTER: Dash GC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8568531 | biostudies-literature | 2021
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COVID-19 in children in Odisha state, India: a retrospective review.
Dash Girish Chandra GC Subhadra Subhra S Turuk Jyotirmayee J Parai Debaprasad D Rout Usha Kiran UK Rath Sonalika S Sabat Jyotsnamayee J Nanda Rashmi Ranjan RR Choudhary Hari Ram HR Pati Sanghamitra S Bhattacharya Debdutta D
BMJ paediatrics open 20211102 1
We retrospectively analysed the swab samples tested for COVID-19 from 7 March 2020 to 17 August 2021 at the Indian Council of Medical Research-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 553 763 nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from individuals suspected with COVID-19 in Odisha state. 75 190 (13.6%) samples were positive by reverse transcription-PCR. There were 5988 (8%) cases in children and young people under 18 years old. Odisha reported 996 153 COVID-19 cases which resulted in ...[more]
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