Italian Journal of Pediatrics (Aug 2022)

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

  • Marcello Mariani,
  • Roberta Caorsi,
  • Alessandro Consolaro,
  • Giacomo Brisca,
  • Camilla Sticchi,
  • Marco Gattorno,
  • Elio Castagnola,
  • Angelo Ravelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-022-01335-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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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.

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