Journal of Volgograd State Medical UniversityJournal of Volgograd State Medical University1994-94801994-9499Volgograd State Medical University11960710.19163/1994-9480-2021-1(77)-94-97Research ArticleTHE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WITH PCR-CONFIRMED COVID-19 IN VOLGOGRAD REGIONKaplunovK. Okkaplunovtmss@yandex.ruKramarL. V-ShishimorovI. N-ZayachnikovaT. E-FSBEI HE «Volgograd State Medical University» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation15012021181949719122022Copyright © 2021, Kaplunov K.O., Kramar L.V., Shishimorov I.N., Zayachnikova T.E.2021The article presents clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children 0-16 years old with a laboratory confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19, hospitalized in the state children's infectious clinic in April-August 2020. The diagnosis was verified by nucleic acid amplification: isolation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the upper respiratory tract mucosa. The study did not include non-hospitalized patients. The authors highlight some features of the clinical symptoms of the nosology in question in childhood, and show the compliance of therapeutic and diagnostic techniques used in inpatient treatment with the requirements of regulatory documents.SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 in childrenSARS-CoV-2clinical and epidemiological characteristicsCOVID-19 у детейклинико-эпидемиологическая характеристика[Временные методические рекомендации Министерства здравоохранения РФ: Профилактика, диагностика и лечение новой коронавирусной инфекции (COVID-19). Версия 9 (26.10.2020).][Клинические рекомендации «Внебольничная пневмония у детей». - М.: Оригинал-макет, 2015. - 64 с.][Методические рекомендации Министерства здравоохранения РФ: Особенности клинических проявлений и лечения заболевания, вызванного новой коронавирусной инфекцией (COVID-19) у детей. Версия 2 (03.07.2020).][Оперативный штаб по контролю и мониторингу ситуации с коронавирусом по Волгоградской области. -URL: https://www.volgograd.ru/operativnyj-shtab/ (дата обращения: 16.11.2020).][Официальная информация о коронавирусе в России. - URL: URL: https://стопкоронавирус.рф/information/ (дата обращения 16.11.2020).][Castagnoli R., Votto M., Licari A., et al. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and adolescents: a systematic review. JAMA Pediatr, 2020, p. 1467. URL: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1467.][COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). URL: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html (date of viewing: 16.11.2020).][Lu X., Zhang L., Du H., et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. N Engl J Med., 2020, no. 382, pp. 1663-1665. URL: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2005073.][Ludvigsson J.F. Systematic review of COVID-19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults. Acta Paediatr, 2020, no. 109, pp. 1088-1095. URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15270.][Rodriguez-Morales A.J., Cardona-Ospina J.A., Gutiérrez-Ocampo E., et al. Clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Travel Med Infect Dis., 2020 (March 13). URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101623.]