COVID Vaccine-Associated Myocarditis in Adolescent Siblings: Does It Run in the Family?

Julia Moosmann Thomas L GentlesChristopher OccleshawBryan Mitchelson

Published in: Vaccines (2022)

The development of myocarditis after receiving messenger RNA vaccination against COVID-19 is well documented, particularly in adolescent and young adult males. We report a case of vaccine-associated myocarditis in adolescent brothers following their second dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech, Mainz, Germany). This report illustrates the need to better understand the mechanisms leading to myocarditis after mRNA vaccination.

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