Accepted for Publication: May 17, 2022.
Published: July 13, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.21616
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2022 Di Chiara C et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Costanza Di Chiara, MD, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 3, Padua, Italy (costanza.dichiara@phd.unipd.it).
Author Contributions: Drs Giaquinto and Di Chiara had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Dr Padoan and Prof Giaquinto contributed as co–last authors.
Concept and design: Di Chiara, Cantarutti, Costenaro, Donà, Palma, Di Salvo, De Rossi, Giaquinto.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Di Chiara, Cantarutti, Costenaro, Bonfante, Cosma, Ferrarese, Cozzani, Petrara, Carmona, Liberati, Palma, Plebani, Padoan.
Drafting of the manuscript: Di Chiara, Cantarutti, Costenaro, Cosma, Ferrarese, Liberati, Padoan.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Cantarutti, Costenaro, Donà, Bonfante, Cozzani, Petrara, Carmona, Palma, Di Salvo, De Rossi, Plebani, Padoan, Giaquinto.
Statistical analysis: Cantarutti, Costenaro, Padoan.
Obtained funding: Palma, Giaquinto.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Di Chiara, Bonfante, Cosma, Cozzani, Petrara, Carmona, Liberati, Palma.
Supervision: Costenaro, Donà, Palma, Di Salvo, De Rossi, Plebani, Padoan, Giaquinto.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Palma reported receiving grants from the Chiesi Foundation to support research about immunologic aspects of long-term COVID-19 in children outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This work was partially supported by ORCHESTRA (Connecting European Cohorts to Increase Common and Effective Response to SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic). ORCHESTRA has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101016167.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The submission for publication was discussed with the funder.
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