The age groups more affected by SARS-CoV-2 in children and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel - January 2020-March 2021 The age groups more affected by SARS-CoV-2 in children

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i3.2706

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Ravit Bassal
Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel ; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Victoria Indenbaum
Central Virology Laboratory, Israel Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Ella Mendelson
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Central Virology Laboratory, Israel Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Yaniv Lustig
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Central Virology Laboratory, Israel Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Lital Keinan-Boker
Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel ; School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Abstract

We analyzed data from a serological study performed on 2,765 samples from the Israeli National Sera Bank (INSB), established in 1997 in the Israel Center for Disease Control (ICDC) collected from children aged 0-<16 years during January 2020-March 2021. Trends in seropositivity rates to SARS-CoV-2 were evaluated using Joinpoint within specific age groups and compared to educational institutions activity. Seropositivity rates increased significantly in the 0-<6 and 12-<16 years age groups and were parallel in the 0-<6 years age group and partially parallel in the 12-<16 years to educational institutions activities. Non-significant increase in seropositivity rates were observed in the age groups 6-<10 and 10-<12 years. Apparently, exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in children was driven not only by educational activities but also by other factors.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Children, Schools, Pandemic, Seroprevalence, Trend

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BASSAL, Ravit et al. The age groups more affected by SARS-CoV-2 in children and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel - January 2020-March 2021. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 3, mar. 2022. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2706>. Date accessed: 24 dec. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i3.2706.
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