The profiles of Kawasaki disease in China

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.