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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 4;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.210026. Online ahead of print.
Surveillance of COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, South Korea
Young June Choe, Eun Hwa Choi, Jong Woon Choi, Byung Wook Eun, Lucy Youngmin Eun, Yae-Jean Kim, Yeo Hyang Kim, Young A Kim, Yun-Kyung Kim, Ji Hee Kwak, Hyuk Min Lee, Hyunju Lee, Joon Kee Lee, June Dong Park, Eun-Jin Kim, Young Joon Park, Jin Gwack, Sang Won Lee
Abstract
A concerning development during the coronavirus disease pandemic has been multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Reports of this condition in East Asia have been limited. In South Korea, 3 cases were reported to the national surveillance system for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. All case-patients were hospitalized and survived with no major disease sequelae.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus disease; MIS-C; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; child; inflammation; multisystem inflammatory syndrome; pediatric; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Feb 4;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.210026. Online ahead of print.
Surveillance of COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, South Korea
Young June Choe, Eun Hwa Choi, Jong Woon Choi, Byung Wook Eun, Lucy Youngmin Eun, Yae-Jean Kim, Yeo Hyang Kim, Young A Kim, Yun-Kyung Kim, Ji Hee Kwak, Hyuk Min Lee, Hyunju Lee, Joon Kee Lee, June Dong Park, Eun-Jin Kim, Young Joon Park, Jin Gwack, Sang Won Lee
- PMID: 33539720
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.210026
Abstract
A concerning development during the coronavirus disease pandemic has been multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Reports of this condition in East Asia have been limited. In South Korea, 3 cases were reported to the national surveillance system for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. All case-patients were hospitalized and survived with no major disease sequelae.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus disease; MIS-C; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; child; inflammation; multisystem inflammatory syndrome; pediatric; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; viruses; zoonoses.