Epidemiology and role of SARS-CoV-2 Linkage in Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS): A Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program National Prospective Study
Written by Tala El Tal, Marie-Paule Morin, Shaun Morris, Daniel K Farrar, Roberta A Berard, Fatima Kakkar, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Krista Baerg, Camille Beaufils, Terri-Lyn Bennett, Susuanne M Benseler, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussieres, Kevin Chan, Claude Cyr, Nagib Dahdah, Elizabeth J Donner, Olivier Drouin, Rojiemiahd Edjoc, Maryem Eljaouhari, Joanne E Embree, Catherine Farrell, Andres Finzi, Sarah Forgie, Ryan Giroux, Kristopher T Kang, Melanie King, Melanie Laffin Thibodeau, Bianca Lang, Ronald M Laxer, Thuy Mai Luu, Brian W McCrindle, Julia Orkin, Jesse Papenburg, Catherine M Pound, Victoria E Price, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier, Rupeena Purewal, Manish Sadarangani, Marina I Salvadori, Roseline Thibeault, Karina A Top, Isabelle Viel-Theriault, Elie Haddad, Rosie Scuccimarri, Rae SM Yeung
May 27, 2022
BackgroundPaediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS) is a rare but serious condition temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Using the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program (CPSP), a national surveillance system, we aimed to…