The Impact of Social Distancing for COVID-19 Upon Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
; 10(6): 742-744, 2021 Aug 14.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1146686
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation policies have been associated with profound decreases in diagnoses of common childhood respiratory infections. A leading theory of etiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) is that it is triggered by presently unidentified ubiquitous respiratory agent. We document that mitigation policies instituted in mid-March 2020 were associated with strikingly fewer diagnoses of KD in April-December 2020 compared with the same period in the previous 8 years (P = .01), a >67% decline. This finding supports the hypothesis that KD is caused by a respiratory-transmitted agent.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Tract Infections
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COVID-19
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Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Experimental Studies
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jpids
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