EARLY RELEASE: COVID-19-Associated Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children - United States, March-July 2020

Published on August 7, 2020

This report describes clinical signs and symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which has been reported after the onset of COVID-19 in children and adolescents.

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