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Surveillance of COVID-19–Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children,South Korea |
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| Authors: | 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: | Coronavirus disease COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome pediatric child inflammation surveillance MIS-C SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viruses respiratory infections zoonoses South Korea |