Declining Incidence of Kawasaki Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Time Series Analysis.
Yi-Hsuan LinChing-Heng LinMing-Chih LinPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2024)
KD incidence decreased by approximately 50% during the period of stringent COVID-19 mitigation measures in 2020 in Taiwan. Human-to-human contact may be a potential KD trigger, but there are likely other contributing factors aside from infection.