Exploring viral infections' role in Kawasaki disease onset: A study during the COVID‐19 pandemic

• Published in: Journal of Medical Virology Vol. 96; no. 5; pp. e29660 - n/a
• Main Authors: Ishii, Taku, Nawa, Nobutoshi, Hosokawa, Susumu, Morio, Tomohiro, Fujiwara, Takeo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 01.05.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Confidence intervals; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Female; Gastroenteritis; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan - epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; Male; Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - epidemiology; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - virology; Pandemics; Regression analysis; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Statistical analysis; Viral diseases; viral infection; Viral infections; Virus Diseases - complications; Virus Diseases - epidemiology; Japan; COVID‐19; Kawasaki disease; viral infection

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, known viral diseases declined in all ages. By using the current situation as a natural experiment, this study aimed to evaluate whether the change in the incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) during the COVID‐19 pandemic varies with age and wheth...