Some children who had COVID developed a severe inflammatory response that coult put them in the ICU. Scientists have learned why it happens.
MIS-C stands for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children. It continues to be rare and is mostly seen in unvaccinated children now.It’s one of the enduring mysteries of the pandemic: What caused some children to develop a severe inflammatory syndrome weeks after a Covid infection?
A further analysis, conducted with collaborators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, looked at the T-cells in kids who developed MIS-C. Killer T-cells normally attack invaders in the body. But the analysis revealed that, in children with MIS-C, their T-cells couldn’t tell the difference between the body’s own immune cells and the virus, DeRisi says.
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