Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in South Africa

Affiliations

¹ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa; Crick African Network, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Electronic address: kate.webb@uct.ac.za.
² Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
³ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria; African Paediatric Fellowship Programme, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Paediatric Nephrology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁶ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa.

Kate Webb et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;4(10):e38.

doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30272-8. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

¹ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa; Crick African Network, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Electronic address: kate.webb@uct.ac.za.
² Paediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
³ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria; African Paediatric Fellowship Programme, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Division of Paediatric Nephrology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁶ Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7700 South Africa.

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