COVID-19 disease in children: Clinical course, diagnosis and treatment overview and literature data compilation/ Çocuklarda COVID-19 hastalığı: Klinik seyir, tanı ve tedaviye genel bakış ve literatür verilerinin derlemesi

The novel Coronavirus is named as SARS-CoV-2 is a highly contagious infection agent compared to the previous human coronaviruses. Each previous outbreak had distinctive danger. The high potential of infectiousness is the primary danger of novel coronavirus. While MERS-CoV infection is known to have higher mortality rate, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to many people all over the world in a concise time. SARS-CoV-2 (like SARS-CoV and MERS) infects fewer children and results in milder clinical symptoms than in adults. The primary pathogenesis of it is not known; the difference in children’s immunities, less likelihood of exposure to the agent may be the reasons. Nevertheless, along with being mostly asymptomatic, the child population is a potential source for infection spread.