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Aim
We investigated whether the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic was associated with the occurrence of Kawasaki disease or with multi‐inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS‐C).
Methods
This national Finnish register‐based study was based on laboratory‐confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infections, MIS‐C and Kawasaki disease cases. We performed a time series analysis...
Aim
Bacille Calmette‐Guérin (BCG) vaccine (BCG) has been suggested to induce the primary immunity needed for the subsequent Kawasaki disease (KD). We studied the epidemiology of KD before and after the universal BCG vaccination ended in Finland in September 2006.
Methods
Kawasaki disease cases were retrieved from national health registries from 1996 to 2016 for annual incidence rates. We then compared...
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