Response to the Letter to the Editor on "Clinical characteristics of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children with neurological manifestations due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection"

Winnie W-Y Tso^{1

2}, Mike Y-W Kwan³, Patrick Ip¹, Jasper F-W Chan^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

Comment

Winnie W-Y Tso et al. J Med Virol. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;95(9):e29095.

doi: 10.1002/jmv.29095.

Winnie W-Y Tso^{1

2}, Mike Y-W Kwan³, Patrick Ip¹, Jasper F-W Chan^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Centre for Virology, Vaccinology and Therapeutics, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

No abstract available

Comment on

Clinical characteristics of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children with neurological manifestations due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection.
Tso WW, Kwan MY, Kwok JS, Tsang JO, Yip CC, Leung LK, Li C, Wang Y, Chow MS, Tsang AM, Chim S, Chow CY, Ho AC, Chan SH, Tai SM, Lee WC, Chan VC, Yau EK, Sun JK, Chow HM, Lau YL, Ip P, Chan JF. Tso WW, et al. J Med Virol. 2023 Jul;95(7):e28895. doi: 10.1002/jmv.28895. J Med Virol. 2023. PMID: 37403902
Comments on: Clinical characteristics of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children with neurological manifestations due to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection.
Abbasi HQ. Abbasi HQ. J Med Virol. 2023 Aug;95(8):e29008. doi: 10.1002/jmv.29008. J Med Virol. 2023. PMID: 37515477 No abstract available.

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