Table 3

Serology and Reverse transcription-PCR results for the 543 enrolled children according to contact with a person (adult or child) with confirmed and/or suspected COVID-19

Enrolled children
Overall, N=543*Positive serology, n=63Negative serology, n=480Positive
Reverse transcription-PCR SARS-CoV-2,
n=11
Negative
Reverse transcription-PCR SARS-CoV-2,
n=532
Contact
 Confirmed COVID-19†93 (17.1)
(14.1 to 20.6)
29 (31.2)
(22.0 to 41.6)
64 (68.8)
(58.4 to 78.0)
5 (5.4)
(1.8 to 12.1)
88 (94.6)
(87.9 to 98.2)
 Suspected COVID-19‡175 (32.2)
(28.3 to 36.3)
26 (14.9)
(9.9 to 21.0)
149 (85.1) (79.0 to 90.0)4 (2.3)
(0.6 to 5.7)
171 (97.7)
(94.3 to 99.4)
 Confirmed/suspected COVID-19268 (49.4)
(45.1 to 53.6)
55 (20.5)
(15.9 to 25.9)
213 (79.5)
(74.1 to 84.1)
9 (3.4)
(1.5 to 6.3)
259 (96.6)
(93.7 to 98.5)
No contact275 (50.6)
(46.4 to 54.9)
8 (2.9)
(1.3 to 5.7)
267 (97.1) (94.3 to 98.7)2 (0.7)
(0.1 to 2.6)
273 (99.3)
(97.4 to 99.9)
  • Data are n (%) (95% CI).

  • *543 available data among 605 enrolled patients.

  • †Confirmed by Reverse transcription-PCR SARS-CoV-2.

  • ‡Suspected symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 because of the limited availability of testing.