Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Israeli Children During the Circulation of Different SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Accepted for Publication: July 6, 2021.

Published: September 7, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24343

Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2021 Somekh I et al. JAMA Network Open.

Corresponding Author: Eli Somekh, MD, Mayanei Hayeshuah Medical Center, 17 Povarski St, Bnei Brak, Israel (esomekh@gmail.com).

Author Contributions: Drs I. Somekh and E. Somekh had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Simões and E. Somekh contributed equally.

Concept and design: I. Somekh, Simões, E. Somekh.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: I. Somekh, Stein, Karakis, Simões, E. Somekh.

Drafting of the manuscript: I. Somekh, Simões, E. Somekh.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: I. Somekh, Stein, Karakis, Simões.

Statistical analysis: I. Somekh, Simões, E. Somekh.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Stein, E. Somekh.

Supervision: Stein, Simões, E. Somekh.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Simões reported grants, personal fees, and travel from Astra Zeneca Inc, Merck & Co, Regeneron Inc, and Pfizer Inc; personal fees, travel, and fees for being on the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee from Abbvie Inc; personal fees from Alere Inc; grants, personal fees, and travel from Roche Inc; fees for being on the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee from GSK Inc; grants from Johnson and Johnson; and grants and travel from Novavax Inc outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Additional Contributions: We thank Sabi Halevy, BA, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel and Ben-Gurion University, Israel, for the statistical analysis. Statistician costs were covered by Schneider Children’s Medical Center and by Tel Aviv University, Israel.