Objective To characterise the clinical features of children and young people admitted to
hospital with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

On 31 March 2022, Public Health Scotland was alerted to five children aged 3–5 years
admitted to hospital with severe hepatitis of unknown aetiology. Retrospective investigation …

An outbreak of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children was reported in Scotland in
April 2022 and has now been identified in 35 countries. Several recent studies have …

Background. Rotavirus vaccines have been introduced in many low-income African
countries including Malawi in 2012. Despite early evidence of vaccine impact, determining …

The age of children with pleural empyema with confirmed GAS infection ranged from 10
months to 11 years (median 3 [IQR 1· 6–5] years); nine (56%) of the 16 cases were in boys …

Background and aims Trans-placentally acquired antibodies can protect infants from
infection in the first months of life. However, high concentrations of antibody at birth may …

Background Histo–blood group antigen (HBGA) Lewis/secretor phenotypes predict
genotype-specific susceptibility to rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE). We tested the hypothesis …

Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is important to reduce risk of
progression to active tuberculosis (TB) disease. For the past century the tuberculin skin test …

Despite rotavirus vaccination, diarrhea remains a leading cause of child mortality. We
collected stool specimens from 684 children< 5 years of age hospitalized with diarrhea …

Background We hypothesised that the clinical characteristics of hospitalised children and
young people (CYP) with SARS-CoV-2 in the UK second wave (W2) would differ from the …