Zhang T, Yanagawa H, Nakamura Y
School of Public Health, Peking University, PR. China.
J Epidemiol. 2001 May;11(3):103-8. doi: 10.2188/jea.11.103.
Kawasaki disease in China was described for the first time in 1976 in Taiwan, and in 1978 in mainland, respectively. Questionnaire surveys had been conducted in both of the area of China and showed that the Kawasaki disease patients increased year by year. No data on incidence rates were available for these surveys because the problem of representativeness. However, it showed that there were many similar characteristics of Kawasaki disease in China comparing with those in Japan. Although a series of infectious agents were suspected, the etiology of Kawasaki disease remained unclear. High dose of gamma globulin treatment was also adopted commonly in China.
1976年在台湾首次报道了中国的川崎病,1978年在中国大陆也有报道。中国这两个地区均进行了问卷调查,结果显示川崎病患者逐年增加。由于代表性问题,这些调查没有发病率数据。然而,调查表明中国的川崎病与日本的川崎病有许多相似特征。尽管怀疑有一系列感染因子,但川崎病的病因仍不清楚。在中国,大剂量丙种球蛋白治疗也普遍采用。