IL17A and COVID-19: In addition, a recent study examining immune responses in pediatric compared with adult patients with COVID-19 infection (and for pediatrics, acute COVID-19 and MIS-C patients were included) found that adults with COVID-19 were more likely to have neutralizing antibody titers compared with children, as well as lower IL-17A and interferon gamma responses, and children in this study did not have differences in anti-spike antibody titers when compared to adults (63).