Shankar Prinja

Epidemiology of Kawasaki disease in Chandigarh, India (2020–2024): COVID-19 pandemic-related decline and post-pandemic resurgence

BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide. Previous studies from Chandigarh, India, documented a rising incidence until 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its infection-control measures and emergence of multisystem inflammato...