학술논문
Prevention Measures for COVID-19 and Changes in Kawasaki Disease Incidence
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Daisuke Harama; Hiroki Sato; Hiroshi Yokomichi; Keiichi Koizumi; Koji Kobayashi; Makoto Nakamura; Makoto Tsuruta; Masanori Ohta; Masashi Yoshizawa; Mie Mochizuki; Minako Hoshiai; Miwa Goto; Nobuyuki Katsumata; Sho Hokibara; Sonoko Mizorogi; Takako Toda; Takeshi Inukai; Tomoaki Sano; Tomohiro Saito; Yohei Hasebe; Yosuke Kono; Yuto Sunaga
Source
Journal of Epidemiology. 2021, 31(11):573
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0917-5040
1349-9092
1349-9092
Abstract
Results: Epidemics of various infectious diseases generally remained at low levels during the first 9 months (March through November 2020) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the incidence of COVID-19 was 50–80 times lower than the incidence in European countries and the United States. The total number of 38 cases with Kawasaki disease for the 9 months during the COVID-19 pandemic was 46.3% (−3.5 standard deviations [SDs] of the average [82.0; SD, 12.7 cases] for the corresponding 9 months of the previous 5 years. None of the 38 cases was determined to be triggered by COVID-19 based on their medical histories and negative results of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing at admission.