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WVU in the News: First W.Va. Child Is Diagnosed With Inflammatory Disease Linked To COVID-19

August 21, 2020 School of Medicine News

So far, pediatric experts like Dr. Kathryn Moffett, who is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at West Virginia University, say MIS-C is rare, but there’s still a lot of unknowns about the disease and how the coronavirus infects children in general.

Source: West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Online - Aug 20, 2020

 

Also:

  • What is MIS-C?: A local physician explains the infection sometimes found in COVID-positive children – WDTV
  • Rare but serious inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 identified in West Virginia child – WV News

 

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