Pediatric COVID-19 case with regard to the family infection chain and the psychosocial context

Silke Schwarz; Christian Steuber; Hanno Krafft; Katja Boehm; David Martin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3331

Pediatric COVID-19 case with regard to the family infection chain and the psychosocial context

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Oct 7;8(12):3220-3224. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3331. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Silke Schwarz¹, Christian Steuber², Hanno Krafft¹, Katja Boehm¹, David Martin^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Chair of Medical Theory, Integrative and Anthroposophical Medicine Witten/Herdecke University Witten Germany.
² ARCHE Practice for Children and Young People March Germany.
³ Department of Paediatrics Tübingen University Tübingen Germany.

Abstract

The role of children in households, spreading SARS-CoV-2, may differ from measles or influenza, and therefore, these diseases are not directly comparable to COVID-19. The psychosocial aspect of infection and quarantine for families and children suggests that fear of social stigmatization can lead to not disclosing the infection.

Keywords: COVID‐19; SARS‐CoV‐2; case report; corona; infection chain; pediatrics; quarantine; stigmatization.

Publication types

Case Reports