Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease is rare in children: An update from Saudi Arabia

Table 3 Summary of different studies examining Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus infection in children

Country	Testing method	Population	Positive n (%)	Yr	Ref.
KSA	rRT-PCR	Screening of children	9/552 (1.6)		[23]
KSA	Neutralizing antibodies testing	Serum samples from children hospitalized for lower respiratory tract infections	0/158 (0)	May 2010-May 2011	[25]
Jordan	rRT-PCR	Hospitalized children < 2 yr of age	0/2427 (0)		[24]

rRT-PCR: Real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; KSA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.