SARS-CoV-2 infections in children: understanding diverse outcomes

Brodin summarizes the current understanding of immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infections in children and the possible explanations for the overall milder COVID-19 disease in young vs. older individuals. To explain the combined observations to date, Brodin proposes an energy allocation perspective to explain mild disease, viral dynamics and MIS-C in children and young people.

Source: Immunity - January 19, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Petter Brodin Tags: Review Source Type: research