Health Department-Reported Cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in the United States: October 30, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Last updated October 30, 2020
  
  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.
  
  This interim guidance is for clinicians caring for patients with confirmed infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). CDC will update this interim guidance as more information becomes available.
  
  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. MIS-C is a new syndrome, and many questions remain about why some children and adolescents develop it after a COVID-19 illness or contact with someone with COVID-19, while others do not.
  
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• Subjects:
  Betacoronavirus Child Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Inflammation Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Public Health Surveillance Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics
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  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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