Increased platelet activation in SARS-CoV-2 infected non-hospitalised children and adults, and their household contacts

Br J Haematol. 2021 Oct;195(1):90-94. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17629. Epub 2021 Jun 7.

Authors

Conor McCafferty^{1

2}, Suelyn Van Den Helm¹, Natasha Letunica¹, Chantal Attard¹, Vasiliki Karlaftis¹, Tengyi Cai¹, Slavica Praporski¹, Ella Swaney¹, David Burgner^{1

2

3

4}, Melanie Neeland^{1

2}, Kate Dohle¹, Nigel W Crawford^{1

2

4}, Luisa Clucas^{5

6}, Shidan Tosif^{1

2

4}, Vera Ignjatovic^{1

2}, Paul Monagle^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia.
⁴ Department of General Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
⁵ Department of Haematology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
⁶ Immunisation Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Paediatrics; flow cytometry; platelet activation; platelet function; virology.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
COVID-19 / blood*
Child
Family Characteristics
Humans
Platelet Activation / physiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Young Adult

Grants and funding

Royal Children's Hospital Foundation