香港大學醫學院外科和兒童與青少年科學系的研究人員與武漢當地醫療團隊合作，就244名在1至3月內，大部分在武漢閉城期間，於當地被診斷感染新型冠狀病毒的兒童，進行流行病學趨勢研究，並集中比較當中出現胃腸道（GI）症狀與沒有胃腸道症狀的受感染兒童的臨床特徵。研究發現13.9%的感染兒童出現胃腸道症狀，而年...Read more

Although the main route of infection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the respiratory tract, liver injury is also c...Read more

港大醫學院的一項研究發現，在確診新冠病毒感染的兒童中，36%的兒童沒有腸胃症狀，但他們的糞便樣本對新冠病毒呈陽性反應。研究表明，經排泄物傳播的可能性較高，呼籲家長和照顧者要格外小心，尤其是在更換尿布和清潔雙手時。...

Purpose: We aimed to understand the challenges facing children’s surgical care providers globally and realistic interventions to mitigate the catastro...Read more

Enteroviruses, such as EV-A71 and CVA16, mainly infect the human gastrointestinal tract. Human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, have ...Read more

A novel coronavirus—severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—emerged in humans in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since dis...Read more

Highly pathogenic coronaviruses, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (refs. ) (SARS-CoV-2), Middle East respiratory syndrome cor...Read more

香港科學家發現，感染新冠病毒的兒童無論是否有胃腸道症狀，其糞便中的病毒含量均偏高，這表明病毒可能通過排泄物傳播。研究還發現，年齡較小的兒童更容易出現胃腸道症狀。研究人員建議在處理感染者的排泄物時要小心。...

香港大學最新研究發現，35%的新冠肺炎確診兒童的糞便中檢測到病毒，不論是否有胃腸道症狀。研究還指出，有胃腸道症狀的兒童感染率較高。然而，整體而言，兒童的病情比成人輕微。研究確認了新冠肺炎可以通過糞便傳播，呼籲家長在處理兒童排泄物時要注意防護。香港連續第五天沒有新增本地確診個案。...

Infection by highly pathogenic coronaviruses results in substantial apoptosis. However, the physiological relevance of apoptosis in the pathogenesis o...Read more

Objective: COVID-19 patients presenting with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms occur in both adults and children. To date, however, no large sample size ...Read more

Haematological and immunological data of children with COVID-19 infection is lacking. Between 21st January and 20th March 2020, 244 children who were ...Read more

The airways and alveoli of the human respiratory tract are lined by two distinct types of epithelium, which are the primary targets of respiratory vir...Read more

Objectives: To compare the clinical and laboratory features of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2003 (SARS) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) i...Read more