The reason COVID-19 occurs less frequently in children could be due to the lack of a certain enzyme, researchers have found.
This new study detailed in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on May 20, discovered that the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which grows in abundance as the individual grows, might be the reason that less than two percent of all individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease—are children.
