Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: a national cohort study

• Allen C Cheng,
• Helen Marshall,
• Monsurul Hoq,
• Christopher C Blyth,
• David Burgner,
• Davinder Singh-Grewal,
• Jim Buttery,
• Nicholas Wood,
• Joshua Reginald Francis,
• Jeremy Carr,
• Kristine Macartney,
• Danielle Wurzel,
• Julia E Clark,
• Brendan McMullan,
• Nigel W Crawford,
• Shidan Tosif,
• Philip N Britton,
• Alissa McMinn,
• Nicole Dinsmore,
• Anne Kynaston,
• Ryan Lucas

Affiliations

Allen C Cheng

Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit – School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Helen Marshall

Discipline of Paediatrics, Adelaide Medical School and The Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Monsurul Hoq

Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Christopher C Blyth

Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Disease, Telethon Kids Institute and School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

David Burgner

Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of General Medicine, The Royal Children`s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Davinder Singh-Grewal

School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jim Buttery

Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nicholas Wood

National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children`s Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Joshua Reginald Francis

Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia

Jeremy Carr

Department of Infection and Immunity, Monash Children`s Hospital, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Kristine Macartney

Child and Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Danielle Wurzel

Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Julia E Clark

Infectious Diseases, Children`s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia

Brendan McMullan

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nigel W Crawford

Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Shidan Tosif

Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Philip N Britton

1Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity Institute (MBI), University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Alissa McMinn

Infection and Immunity Theme, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Nicole Dinsmore

National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Anne Kynaston

Queensland Children`s Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ryan Lucas

General Medicine, Children`s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia