Similarities of Kawasaki disease and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection epidemiology

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 629-631

  Vincent, Pascal ^a,d   Salo, Eeva ^b   Skurnik, Mikael ^b   Fukushima, Hiroshi ^c   Simonet, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SHIMANE PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Kawasaki disease; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 34347338771     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3180616d3c     Document Type: Article

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