Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate among children younger than 5 years in California, 2003-2010.
In California, the 2010 annual Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate for children <5 years of age was higher than the rate in 2003. An increasing trend during 2003-2010 appears to be driven by an increase from 2003 to 2006, whereas the Kawasaki disease hospitalization rate remained stable through 2010.
From the *Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; and †Infectious Diseases Branch, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA.
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D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*