• J Infect Public Health · Dec 2020

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    Syndrome resembling Kawasaki disease in COVID-19 asymptomatic children.

    • Suriya Rehman, Tariq Majeed, Ansari Mohammad Azam MA Department of Epidemic Diseases Research, Institute of Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 31441 Da, and Ebtesam A Al-Suhaimi.
    • Department of Epidemic Diseases Research, Institute of Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, 31441 Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: surrehman@iau.edu.sa.
    • J Infect Public Health. 2020 Dec 1; 13 (12): 1830-1832.

    AbstractThe current knowledge about the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019) pandemic is still limited and is unravelling with the passing days, especially clinical data, and research in pediatric age group. Recently, there is a new and crucial development reported recently among the COVID-19 asymptomatic children, a novel syndrome affecting asymptomatic COVID-19 children, presenting as a hyperinflammatory syndrome which is like Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. The purpose of this correspondence is to discuss some important findings of the syndrome for the better understanding of the disease.Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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