Outcomes and Multimorbidity among Children and Youth with Chronic Neurologic Disorders Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive Study
Children and youth with NDs are disproportionately affected by severe COVID-19, and patients with multimorbidity were at greatest risk. Many cases with NDs remained unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and may benefit from efforts to encourage vaccine uptake.
Authors
- Daniel Farrar
- Laura Sauvé
- Karina A. Top (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-368X)
- Joanne E. Embree
- Tajdin Jadavji
- Costanza Di Chiara
- Jesse Papenburg
- Elizabeth J. Donner
- Julie A. Bettinger
- Kescha Kazmi
- Fatima Kakkar
- Rupeena Purewal
- Ryan S. Huang
- Shaun K. Morris
- Scott A. Halperin
Institutions
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Capital District Health Authority (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Saskatoon City Hospital (CA)
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- Royal University Hospital (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115012
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00