Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and has a high mortality rate. The disease emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and spread to Japan, including Hokkaido, in January 2020. In February 2020, 3 children were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Furano, Hokkaido, Japan. During this period, influenza and human metapneumovirus infections were prevalent among children in the Furano region. Two of the 3 patients experienced co-infection with other respiratory viruses, including influenza virus A or human metapneumovirus. To the authors’ knowledge, the cases described in the present report were the first pediatric patients with COVID-19 in Japan. In children with COVID-19, the possibility of co-infection with other respiratory pathogens should be considered.
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Kakuya, F., Okubo, H., Fujiyasu, H., Wakabayashi, I., Syouji, M., & Kinebuchi, T. (2020). The first pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan: Risk of co-infection with other respiratory viruses. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 73(5), 377–380. https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.181
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