Decreasing Incidence of the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Over 3 Pandemic Waves.
Irini EleftheriouDespina MaritsiStavroula LampidiKonstantina CharisiPetrina VantsiKleopatra SkourtiFilippos FilippatosIoannis AmplianitisDespina DimouKyriaki Papadopoulou-LegbelouEfimia Papadopoulou-AlatakiParthena KampouridouPatra KoletsiLampros FotisElena VergadiDespoina GkentziEvangelia FarmakiVassiliki PapaevangelouEmmanouil GalanakisIoanna N GriveaGeorge A SyrogiannopoulosVana SpoulouNikos SpyridisAthanasios MichosEmmanuel RoilidesMaria N TsoliaPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2022)
In this nationwide retrospective study, a substantial decline in the incidence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children over 3 successive pandemic waves characterized by different severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variants was documented-from 3.4 of 1000 to 1.1 of 1000 and finally to 0.25 of 1000 confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 positive cases (P < 0.0001), respectively, whereas clinical findings and severity did not significantly vary.