FEATURES OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION COVID-19 IN CHILDREN

Authors

  • L. A. Khodak Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
  • V. I. Ohiyenko Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
  • L. A. Bіlokonova Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital
  • N. H. Deyneka Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2020.4.11895

Keywords:

coronavirus infection, COVID-19, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, children

Abstract

The article presents modern data on the features of the clinical manifestations of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in children. The authors present their own observations and description of clinical cases of COVID-19 pneumonia with a severe course in a teenager, requiring intensive therapy.

Author Biographies

L. A. Khodak, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

MD, Professor, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

V. I. Ohiyenko, Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

PhD, Assistant of the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

L. A. Bіlokonova, Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital

PhD, Deputy Director for Medical Affairs, Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital

N. H. Deyneka, Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital

Deputy Director, Kharkiv Regional Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital, Ukraine

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2021-03-19

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Khodak, L. A., Ohiyenko, V. I., Bіlokonova L. A., & Deyneka, N. H. (2021). FEATURES OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION COVID-19 IN CHILDREN. Infectious Diseases – Infektsiyni Khvoroby, (4), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2020.4.11895

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