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. 2022 Jun 1;176(6):612-614.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0101.

Myocarditis Following COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccination Among Adolescents in Hong Kong

Xue Li  1 , Francisco Tsz Tsun Lai  2 , Gilbert T Chua  3 , Mike Yat Wah Kwan  4 , Yu Lung Lau  3 , Patrick Ip  3 , Ian Chi Kei Wong  2
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Myocarditis Following COVID-19 BNT162b2 Vaccination Among Adolescents in Hong Kong

Xue Li et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the association between the single-dose COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccination regimen and myocarditis risk among vaccinated adolescents in Hong Kong before and after the single-dose policy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Li reported receiving grants from Research Grant Council/Early Career Scheme, Health and Medical Research Fund, Pfizer, Janssen, University of Hong Kong, and personal fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the submitted work. Dr Wong reported receiving grants from Food and Health Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region COVID19F01 during the conduct of the study; and research funding outside the submitted work from Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Janssen, Bayer, GSK, Novartis, Takeda, the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund, National Institute for Health Research in England, European Commission, National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia, and receiving speaker fees from Janssen and Medice in the previous 3 years. The posts of Drs Wong and Lai were partly funded by The Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D24H); hence this work was partly supported by AIR@InnoHK administered by Innovation and Technology Commission. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Timeline of BNT162b2 Vaccination Policy Among Adolescents in Hong Kong
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