Development of child immunity in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Małgorzata Kloc; R. Mark Ghobrial; Ernest Kuchar; Sławomir Lewicki; Jacek Z. Kubiak

doi:10.1016/j.clim.2020.108510

Development of child immunity in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Małgorzata Kloc, R. Mark Ghobrial, Ernest Kuchar, Sławomir Lewicki, Jacek Z. Kubiak

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Abstract

Children, because of having an immature immune system, are usually more prone than the adults to the microbial infections and have more severe symptoms, which is especially true for the newborns, and very young children. However, the review of clinical data from the current COVID-19 pandemic indicates otherwise. We discuss here what are the main features and components of children's immune system, the role of maternal transmission of immunity, and what are the possible explanations for the seemingly lower infection rate and severity of COVI-19 in children.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	108510
Pages (from-to)	108510
Journal	Clinical Immunology
Volume	217
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2020.108510
State	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

Child immunity
COVID-19
Immune system development
Macrophages
Disease Resistance
Pandemics
Age Factors
Immune System/virology
Placenta/immunology
Humans
Milk, Human/immunology
Betacoronavirus/immunology
Cytokines/immunology
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology
Infant
Incidence
Pregnancy
Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology
Adult
Female
Child
Infant, Newborn

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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