Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination

T. Chua, Gilbert; Yat Wah Kwan, Mike; Sze Ling Chui, Celine; Smith, Robert; Chi Lok Cheung, Edmund; Ma, Tian; T Y Leung, Miriam; Tsao, Sabrina; Kan, Elaine; Kei Carol Ng, Wing; Chan, C.; Mui Tai, Shuk; Ching Yu, Tak; Piu Lee, Kwok; Sung Chih Wong, Joshua; Kit Lin, Ying; Chiu Shek, Chi; Sze Yin Leung, Agnes; Kwong Chow, Chit; Wah Li, Ka; Ma, Johnny; Yuk Fung, Wai; Antônio Braga Lee, Daniel; Ng, Ming‐Yen; Hing Sang Wong, Wilfred; Wai Tsang, Hing; Kwok, Janette; Leung, Daniel; Lai Chung, Kin; Bong Chow, Chun; Chan, Gcf; Leung, Wing; Kai‐Wang To, Kelvin; Yuen, Kwok‐Yung; Lau, YL; Chi Kei Wong, Ian; Ip, Patrick

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab989

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Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Nov 25, 2021

Authors:

Gilbert T. Chua

Mike Yat Wah Kwan

Celine Sze Ling Chui

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Age-specific incidence of acute myocarditis/pericarditis in adolescents following Comirnaty vaccination in Asia is lacking. This study aimed to study the clinical characteristics and incidence of acute myocarditis/pericarditis among Hong Kong adolescents following Comirnaty vaccination. ...

Subject

Medicine

Myocarditis

Pericarditis

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