Kawasaki Disease and Respiratory Viruses: Ecological Spatiotemporal Analysis.
Rana SawiresHazel J ClothierDavid P BurgnerMichael Collingwood FaheyJim P ButteryPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)
Our large ecological analysis demonstrates novel spatiotemporal relationships between human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus circulation with Kawasaki disease. The disappearance of these associations in the COVID-19 pandemic may reflect the reduced circulation of non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses during this period, supporting the prepandemic associations identified in this study. The roles of human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in Kawasaki disease etiology warrant further investigation.