Study examines immunologic roots of severe disease after infection with novel coronavirus
Washington University pediatricians who treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are part of a major research effort to investigate how the novel coronavirus affects children and young adults, including its role in a rare but serious inflammatory syndrome that can occur a few weeks after infection. (Photo: Getty Images)
March 4, 2021 SHARE
Washington University pediatric specialists who treat patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are part of a major research effort led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affects children and young adults up to age 21. This age group accounts for roughly 13% of infections in the United States.