Frontiers in Pediatrics

SEP 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Grand challenge: building a digitally enabled one health future for pediatric infectious diseases

Frontiers in Pediatrics

A narrative expert consensus and framework paper outlining One Health principles and digital transformation priorities for pediatric infectious disease practice, rather than reporting original research evidence.

AUG 18, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Serum phoenixin-14 shows no association with metabolic syndrome in children with obesity: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Small cross-sectional study with a null primary finding in a novel biomarker; design and execution are sound but the negative result in a limited sample does not yet establish absence of association.

AUG 14, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Epidemiology, temporal trends and co-infection of 13 respiratory pathogens in 32,125 children: a 3-year retrospective study

Frontiers in Pediatrics

This is a single-centre retrospective descriptive study reporting epidemiological frequencies and patterns without a control group, comparison arm, or hypothesis testing; it characterizes disease occurrence but does not establish causation, prognosis, or intervention efficacy.

AUG 5, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Clinical application value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in children with fever of unknown origin

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Single-center retrospective analysis of 41 children with uncontrolled selection bias (only tested after conventional failure), no control arm, and equivalence to standard testing rather than superiority; generates descriptive data warranting prospective validation.