Table 1.

Characteristics of the studies selected in the systematic review and meta-analysis.

Articles (2020/2021)	Country	Study	Total cases	Age in years	Total male
Abdel-Haq et al. 20217	USA	Observational	33	6 (0.3-17)	15
Abdel-Mannan et al. 20208	UK	Case series	4	12 (8-15)	2
Acharrya et al. 20209	India	Case report	1	0.3	1
Alkan et al. 202110	Turkey	Observational	36	7.8 (1.7-17)	19
Bahrami et al. 202011	Iran	Case report	1	5	0
Balasubramanian et al. 202012	India	Case report	1	8	1
Bapst et al. 202013	Switzerland	Case report	1	13	1
Bektaş et al. 202114	Turkey	Case report	2	10.5	1
Belhadjer et al. 202015	France/Switzerland	Observational	35	10 (2–16)	18
Belot et al. 202016	France	Observational	108	8 (5–11)	53
Blondiaux et al. 202017	France	Case series	4	9 (6–12)	1
Blumfield et al. 202118	USA	Observational	16	10 (1-20)	10
Buonsenso et al. 202019	Italy	Case report	1	11	0
Capone et al. 202020	USA	Observational	33	8.6 (5.5–12.6)	20
Carter et al. 202021	UK	Observational	25	12,5 (7.7-14.4)	15
Cattalini et al. 202122	Italy	Observational	53	7 (4.5-11)	31
Cheung et al. 202023	USA	Observational	17	8 (1.8–16)	8
Chiotos et al. 202024	USA	Case series	6	7.5 (5–14)	1
Cogan et al. 202025	Belgium	Case report	1	19	0
Dallan et al. 202026	Switzerland	Case series	3	11 (10-12)	2
Dasgupta and Finch 202027	USA	Case report	1	8	0
Davies et al. 202028	UK	Observational	78	11 (8-14)	52
De Paulis et al. 202029	Brazil	Case report	1	4	0
Deza Leon et al. 202030	USA	Case report	1	6	0
Dhanalakshmi et al. 202031	India	Case series	19	6 (1-16)	8
Dionne et al. 202032	USA	Observational	25	9.5 (2.7 – 15)	15
Diorio et al. 202033	USA	Case series	6	6 (5-7)	2
Dolhnikoff et al. 202034	Brazil	Case report	1	11	0
Dolinger et al. 202035	USA	Case report	1	14	1
Domico et al. 202036	USA	Case report	1	11	1
Dufort et al. 202037	USA	Observational	99	(0–20)	53
Farias et al. 202038	Brazil	Case series	11	4.9 (0.7-11)	9
Farias et al. 202039	Brazil	Case report	1	0.7	0
Feldstein et al. 202040	USA	Observational	186	8.3 (3.3–12.5)	115
Flood et al. 202141	UK and Ireland	Observational	268	8.2 (4-12.1)	161
Giannattasio et al. 202142	Italy	Case report	1	9	1
Godfred-Cato et al. 202043	USA	Observational	570	8 (4-12)	316
Greene et al. 202044	USA	Case report	1	11	0
Grimaud et al. 202045	France	Observational	20	10 (2.9–15)	10
Gruber et al. 202046	USA	Case series	8	11.5 (3-20)	4
Gupta et al. 202047	India	Case report	1	7	0
Hameed et al. 202048	UK	Observational	35	11	27
Heidemann et al. 202049	USA	Case series	3	6 (5-7)	2
Hutchison et al. 202050	USA	Case report	1	14	1
Jain et al. 202051	India	Observational	23	7.2 (0.8-14)	11
Joshi et al. 202052	USA	Case series	3	10.6 (6-13)	2
Kashyap et al. 202153	India	Observational	12	6.5	9
Kaushik et al. 202054	USA	Observational	33	10 (6–13)	20
Kest et al. 202055	USA	Case series	3	8 (6-10)	1
Khesrani et al. 202056	Algeria	Case report	1	9	0
Klocperk et al. 202057	Czechia	Case report	1	8	0
Lang et al. 202058	Germany	Case report	2	(10-13)	0
Lee and Margolskee 202059	USA	Case report	1	5	0
Lee et al. 202060	USA	Observational	28	9 (0.1-17)	15
Lee et al. 202061	USA	Case report	1	17	1
Licciardi et al. 202062	Italy	Case series	2	12, 7	1
Lin et al. 202063	USA	Case report	1	13	0
Mamishi et al. 202064	Iran	Observational	45	7 (4–9.9)	24
Mehler et al. 202165	Germany	Case series	9	12.1 (1-16)	6
Meredith et al. 202166	UK	Case report	1	10	0
Miller et al. 202067	USA	Observational	44	7.3 (0.6–20)	20
Mills et al. 202168	USA	Case series	2	9.5	0
Moghadam et al. 202069	France	Case report	1	21	1
Moraleda et al. 202070	Spain	Observational	31	7.6 (4.5-11-5)	18
Nathan et al. 202071	France	Case series	2	5.5 (5-11)	0
Ng et al. 202072	UK	Case series	3	16, 17, 13	2
Nguyen et al. 202073	USA	Case report	1	10	0
Okarska-Napierala et al. 202074	Poland	Case report	1	14	1
Paolino and Wlillians 202075	USA	Case series	3	7.6 (6-9)	2
Patnaik et al. 202176	India	Observational	21	8.5 (2-16)	13
Penner et al. 202177	UK	Observational	46	10.2 (8.8-13.3)	30
Pereira et al. 202078	Brazil	Case series	6	7.78 (0.01-17.6)	5
Perez-Toledo et al. 202079	UK	Case series	8	9 (7–14)	5
Pouletty et al. 202080	France	Observational	16	10 (4.7–12.5)	8
Prata-Barbosa et al. 202081	Brazil	Case series	10	5.2 (1.5−8.4)	8
Prieto et al. 202182	Spain	Case series	5	7 (5-12)	3
Ramcharan et al. 202083	UK	Observational	15	8.8 (6.4–11.2)	11
Rauf et al. 202084	India	Case report	1	5	1
Regev et al. 202085	Israel	Case report	1	16	0
Riollano-Cruz et al. 202086	USA	Observational	15	12 (3–20)	11
Riphagen et al. 202087	UK	Case series	8	8.9 (4–14)	5
Roberts et al. 202188	USA	Observational	50	9.6 (6.2-14)	33
Rodriguez-Gonzalez 202089	Spain	Case report	1	0.6	1
Rogo et al. 202090	USA	Case series	4	11.2 (3-20)	3
Sadiq et al. 202091	Pakistan	Case series	8	9.5 (8-10.5)	7
Saeed and Shorafa 202092	Iran	Case report	1	3	1
Sandoval et al. 202193	Chile	Case series	8	5.4 (1.5-12)	3
Schupper et al. 202094	Germany	Case report	1	5	1
Shenker et al. 202095	USA	Case report	1	12	1
Torres et al. 202096	Chile	Observational	27	6 (0-14)	14
Toubiana et al. 202097	France	Observational	21	7.9 (3.7–16.6)	9
Vari et al. 202098	USA	Case report	1	14	1
Verdoni et al. 202099	Italy	Case series	10	7.5 (2.9–16)	7
Verkuil et al. 2020100	USA	Case report	1	14	0
Webb et al. 2020101	South Africa	Observational	23	6.6 (4.7-8.4)	17
Whittaker et al. 2020102	UK	Observational	58	9 (5.7–14)	25
Yonker et al. 2020103	USA	Observational	18	7.7	14
Yozgat et al. 2020104	Turkey	Case report	1	3	0