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Paediatric COVID-19 severity across SARS-CoV-2 variants in hospitalised children in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

2026-07-09

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The evolving epidemiology of COVID-19, driven by successive SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs), has prompted ongoing evaluation of their impact on disease severity in children. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), children experience a higher burden of severe respiratory illness and pneumonia-related mortality due to factors such as malnutrition, incomplete immuni­sation, HIV exposure or infection, tuber...

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9be71468-6b1a-5b0a-9e38-058c47dfcb04
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10.64898/2026.07.06.26357377
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