Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 healthcare-associated infection outbreaks in Germany, 2020–2023: a retrospective observational study
• Pediatric outbreaks were very rare with few severe cases suggesting that pediatric care was less affected by SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks. • Most cases in pediatric outbreaks occurred among healthcare workers pointing to the need to protect HCW from infections and a limited role of pediatric patients and caregivers.
Authors
- Lothar Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-8348)
- Beneditta Suwono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-6510)
- Michael Brandl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2820-5019)
- Sebastian Haller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8242-711X)
- Michaela Diercke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4678-1813)
- Brar Piening (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4478-5597)
- Alexander Ullrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-6124)
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-025-06680-x
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00