title: Nationwide epidemic of Kawasaki disease in Japan during winter of 1985-86.
abstract: Surveillance data on Kawasaki disease from 148 representative hospitals throughout Japan revealed a third nationwide epidemic of Kawasaki disease in Japan in November, 1985. The peak number of cases was at least 4.5 times greater than that observed in the preceding year. This epidemic wave spread from central Japan to the entire nation within six months.
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012621:Seasons