AllAfrica News: Coronavirus

[The Conversation Africa] Most children who are infected with SARS-COV2, the virus that causes COVID, experience only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. But a small proportion develop severe illness which can sometimes even require hospital care.

[UCT] Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Southampton, together with international partners, have identified patterns of gene expression associated with severe COVID-19 in children; patterns that are shared with other serious respiratory infections, as well as patterns that distinguish these illnesses.