Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Age and sex-specific risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines

  • Stéphane Le Vu,
  • Marion Bertrand,
  • Marie-Joelle Jabagi,
  • Jérémie Botton,
  • Jérôme Drouin,
  • Bérangère Baricault,
  • Alain Weill,
  • Rosemary Dray-Spira,
  • Mahmoud Zureik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31401-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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There have been reports of myocarditis and pericarditis following mRNA COVID-9 vaccination. Here, the authors use nationwide data from France and find increased risks of these outcomes in the first week following vaccination, for both the first and second dose, and present age- and sex-specific rates.