Health department-reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the United States

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  As of October 1, the number of cases meeting the case definition for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the United States surpassed 1,000. As of February 1, this number surpassed 2,000.
  
  Since mid-May 2020, CDC has been tracking reports of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19. Many questions remain about why some children and adolescents develop MIS-C after a COVID-19 illness or contact with someone with COVID-19, while others do not.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Betacoronavirus Child Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Inflammation Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Public Health Surveillance Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e2173bf9de1482b1dd1b613d0386b8d286cfb909ce7b2c08f91c25a18b0fc261
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104682/cdc_104682_DS1.pdf
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