Transmission of acute infectious illness among cases of Kawasaki disease and their household members

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a disease of unknown cause and the causative agent is most likely to be infectious in nature. To investigate the household transmission pattern of infectious illness and etiology, we thus initiated a prospective case and household study. Methods: We enrolled KD cases and the...

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Main Authors: Hsing-Chen Tsai, Luan-Yin Chang, Chun-Yi Lu, Pei-Lan Shao, Tsui-Yen Fan, Ai-Ling Cheng, Jen-Jan Hu, Shu-Jen Yeh, Chien-Chih Chang, Li-Min Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664614002277