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Authors

[:fr]Jean Gaschignard[:],
[:fr]Claire Leblanc[:],
[:fr]Fouad Madhi[:],
[:fr]Elsa Foucaud[:],
[:fr]Elodie Nattes[:],
[:fr]Albert Faye[:],
[:fr]Stéphane Bonacorsi[:],
[:fr]Patricia Mariani[:],
[:fr]Emmanuelle Varon[:],
[:fr]Mounira Smati-Lafarge[:],
[:fr]Marion Caseris[:],
[:fr]Romain Basmaci[:],
[:fr]Noémie Lachaume[:],
[:fr]Naïm Ouldali[:],

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Abstract

To assess the relevance of systematic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) screening of all children admitted to hospital, we conducted a prospective multicenter study including 438 consecutive hospitalized children. A symptom-based SARS-CoV-2 testing strategy failed to identify 45% (95% confidence interval, 24%–68%) of hospitalized children infected by SARS-CoV-2. To limit intrahospital transmission, a systematic screening of children admitted to hospital should be considered.

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