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. 2021 Feb;93(2):585-587.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26435. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

No temporal association between human coronavirus and Kawasaki disease: National data from South Korea

Seung-Ah Choe  1 , Hyo Soon An  2 , Young June Choe  3
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No temporal association between human coronavirus and Kawasaki disease: National data from South Korea

Seung-Ah Choe et al. J Med Virol. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus; epidemiology; seasonal incidence.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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Figure 1
Monthly frequency of Kawasaki disease patients and the proportion of coronavirus detected in the national surveillance samples, South Korea, 2016 to 2019. Red lines are the monthly incidence of Kawasaki disease. Blue lines are the monthly proportion of coronavirus detected by the National Surveillance System
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