Immune system ‘back to normal’ after kids’ Kawasaki-like illness
The disease associated with COVID-19 is mostly self-limiting, researchers say
A study of the Kawasaki-like illness seen in some children during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that the immune system is profoundly altered during acute illness but gradually returns to normal.
The disease, known in the UK and US* as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), is distinct from both COVID-19 and Kawasaki disease, but is associated with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, an immunological profiling study suggests.
