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07.09.2023 | Commentary
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in children: experts’ consensus statement updated for the Omicron variant
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Rong-Meng Jiang, Zheng-De Xie, Yi Jiang, Xiao-Xia Lu, Run-Ming Jin, Yue-Jie Zheng, Yun-Xiao Shang, Bao-Ping Xu, Zhi-Sheng Liu, Gen Lu, Ji-Kui Deng, Guang-Hua Liu, Xiao-Chuan Wang, Jian-She Wang, Lu-Zhao Feng, Wei Liu, Yi Zheng, Sai-Nan Shu, Min Lu, Wan-Jun Luo, Miao Liu, Yu-Xia Cui, Le-Ping Ye, A-Dong Shen, Gang Liu, Li-Wei Gao, Li-Juan Xiong, Yan Bai, Li-Kai Lin, Zhuang Wei, Feng-Xia Xue, Tian-You Wang, Dong-Chi Zhao, Jian-Bo Shao, Daniel Kwok-keung Ng, Gary Wing-kin Wong, Zheng-Yan Zhao, Xing-Wang Li, Yong-Hong Yang, Kun-Ling Shen
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World Journal of Pediatrics
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It has been more than 3 years since the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic raged globally. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has greatly influenced human society. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), there were over 656 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world as of January 1, 2023, including over 6.6 million deaths [
1]. In the first year of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the epidemic strains were mainly the original strain, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma variants spreading all over the world. The Delta variant has taken dominance after December 2020. Since November 2021, the Omicron variants, including B.1.1.529, BA1, BA2, BA4, and BA5 variants have emerged with increased infectivity, shortened incubation period, and enhanced immune escape ability, but decreased pathogenicity, resulting in a new round of global epidemic outbreak, and a significant increase in the infection rate of children. Since October 2022, the Omicron subvariants, such as BF.7, BQ.1, and BQ.1.1, as well as the recombinant strains (XBB) with stronger immune escape ability and infectious ability have increased rapidly, and have replaced BA.5.2 as the dominant variants in several countries and areas. According to the surveillance data of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the current circulating strains in China are mainly BA.5.2 and BF.7, which are the sub-lineage of BA.5 [
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