The Impact of Social Distancing for COVID-19 Upon Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease.
COVID-19
Kawasaki disease
mitigation
respiratory transmission
social distancing
Journal
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
ISSN: 2048-7207
Titre abrégé: J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101586049
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Aug 2021
14 Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
20
11
2020
accepted:
01
03
2021
pubmed:
24
3
2021
medline:
18
9
2021
entrez:
23
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33755140
pii: 6182222
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab013
pmc: PMC8083704
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
742-744Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R01 AI150719
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCATS NIH HHS
ID : UL1 TR001422
Pays : United States
Organisme : Kawasaki Disease Fund
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : AI150719
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
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