Table 2.

Symptoms and age DISTRIBUTION of salmonellosis caused by salmonella typhimurium sequence type 34, COVID-19, and acute hepatitis in children [2,3,[19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25]].

DISEASE	SALMONELLOSIS CAUSED BY SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM SEQUENCE TYPE 34S	COVID-19	ACUTE HEPATITIS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN CHILDREN
Symptoms	Bloody diarrhea (57%), fever, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, chills, and headache.	Flu-like symptoms, loss of taste or smell (68%), cough (50%), fever (43%), myalgias (36%), headache (34%), diarrhea (13%), and vomiting (10%).	Jaundice (68.8%), vomiting (57.6%), lethargy (48.6%), diarrhea (43.1%), dark urine, light-colored stools (42.7%), fever (28.5%), and abdominal pain (26.1%)
Incubation Period	6 h to 6 days after consumption of the contaminated products.	2–14 days after exposure.	14–28 days after exposure.
Age distribution	Most of the cases were among children aged ≤10 years.	All ages.	Children between the ages of 1 month and 16 years.
Transmission	Specific chocolate products from a Belgian chocolate factory have been identified as likely vehicles of infection.	Through animal-to-human transmission and human-to-human transmission via respiratory droplets, through contact with an infected person.	Undetermined.
Management	Electrolyte replacement, rehydration, Antibiotics, and Intravenous IV fluids.	Antipyretics, analgesics, or antitussives for fever, headache, myalgias and cough respectively, antivirals for mild to moderate symptoms, anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies for high-risk patients, Invasive mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure	Treatment is usually supportive care.
Prevention	Avoiding consumption of implicated chocolate products until allowed by public health authorities, washing hands, washing vegetables, and fruits before consumption.	Frequent hand hygiene, respiratory etiquette, disinfecting surfaces, maintaining physical distance, and wearing masks.	Frequent hand hygiene, avoiding crowded places, good ventilation, wearing masks, safe food handling, regular cleaning of surfaces, and using safe water.