Protection against MIS-C outweighs the risk of myocarditis after Covid-19 vaccination in children

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Title: Protection against MIS-C outweighs the risk of myocarditis after Covid-19 vaccination in children
Authors: Marcello Mariani, Roberta Caorsi, Alessandro Consolaro, Giacomo Brisca, Camilla Sticchi, Marco Gattorno, Elio Castagnola, Angelo Ravelli
Source: Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2022)
Publisher Information: BMC, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Pediatrics
Subject Terms: Vaccine, BNT162b2, Children, Pediatrics, RJ1-570
More Details: Abstract From March 2020 to July 2022, in Liguria region (North-West Italy) incidence of MIS-C among pediatric patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 was 38.7/100.000, which is higher than that of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination. In our opinion severity of MIS-C-related cardiac disease outweigh the risk of myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccine.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1824-7288
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01335-1
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/d616527cd12249c5b3c50143efbe38c2
Accession Number: edsdoj.616527cd12249c5b3c50143efbe38c2
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:18247288
DOI:10.1186/s13052-022-01335-1
Published in:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Language:English