Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Kawasaki Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Public health measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic had widespread effects on population behaviors, transmission of infectious diseases, and exposures to environmental pollutants. This provided an opportunity to study how these factors potentially influenced the incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD), a self-limited pediatric vasculitis of unknown etiology.

Objectives

To examine the change in KD incidence across the United States and evaluate whether public health measures affected the prevalence of KD.

Design, setting, and participants

This multicenter cohort study included consecutive, unselected patients with KD who were diagnosed between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2020 (multicenter cohort with 28 pediatric centers), and a detailed analysi

SUBMITTER: Burney JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206189 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature