Published in JAMA pediatrics
Criterion-standard specimens for tuberculosis diagnosis in young children, gastric aspirate (GA) and induced sputum, are invasive and rarely collected in resource-limited settings. A far less invasive approach to tuberculosis diagnostic testing in children younger than 5 years as sensitive as current reference standards is important to identify. To...
Published in JAMA pediatrics
Published in JAMA pediatrics
School and daycare closures were enforced as measures to confine the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, based on the assumption that young children may play a key role in severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread. Given the grave consequences of contact restrictions for children, a better understanding of their con...
Published in JAMA pediatrics
A rapid increase in weight in early life is associated with an increased risk for adiposity and cardiovascular diseases at age 21 years and beyond. However, data on associations of early change in measured fat mass percentage (FM%) with adiposity development are lacking. To investigate whether a rapid increase in FM% in the first months of life is ...
Published in JAMA pediatrics
Published in JAMA pediatrics
Published in JAMA pediatrics
There is limited information on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing and infection among pediatric patients across the United States. To describe testing for SARS-CoV-2 and the epidemiology of infected patients. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using electronic health record data from 135 794 patients young...
Published in JAMA pediatrics
Published in JAMA pediatrics
Published in JAMA pediatrics
