Kawasaki Disease: Scientists Look To Wind For Answers
...blood vessels in the arteries, which can lead to aneurysms. And in some cases, the aneurysms can lead to heart attacks. Kawasaki disease was first documented in the 1960s by a Japanese scientist who kept detailed notes about the ailment's symptoms, which included...info
Could a Mystery Virus be the Culprit in Kawasaki?
...Her team made synthetic versions of these antibodies and incubated them with the tissues of children that had died of Kawasaki Disease, they found, to their surprise, that they bound to “inclusion bodies†in several of their tissues, including the cells lining...info
Kawasaki Disease Caused By Mysterious Virus?
...would represent a new virus family and we think that that’s why it’s been so difficult to identity the causative agent.†Kawasaki Disease results in an inflammation of the coronary arteries which has the potential to be fatal. Rash is common with those afflicted...info
Is Wind Spreading a Mysterious Disease Across the Pacific? | 80beats
...with winds from central Asia. When those same winds blow thousands of miles across the Pacific to Hawaii and California, Kawasaki disease ends up there too. The disease affects generally children under the age of five. Blood vessels through the body become...info
Can Diseases Cross Oceans By Wind?
...recalled. “That was obviously a very powerful moment for me.†Dr. Burns went on to devote nearly her entire career to Kawasaki Disease. On a personal note, can I just say what a thrill it was seeing the color proofs of a page from Nature with my name on the...info
Can Diseases Cross Oceans By Wind?
...recalled. “That was obviously a very powerful moment for me.†Dr. Burns went on to devote nearly her entire career to Kawasaki Disease. On a personal note, can I just say what a thrill it was seeing the color proofs of a page from Nature with my name on the...info
Can Diseases Cross Oceans By Wind?
...recalled. “That was obviously a very powerful moment for me.†Dr. Burns went on to devote nearly her entire career to Kawasaki Disease. On a personal note, can I just say what a thrill it was seeing the color proofs of a page from Nature with my name on the...info
A Windborne Disease?
...researching Kawasaki Disease, a mysterious ailment that can affect young children, are looking to the wind for answers. The disease can cause inflammation of blood vessels in the arteries, which can lead to aneurysms. And in some cases, the aneurysms can lead...info
Infectious disease: Blowing in the wind
...and carpet cleaning, only for it to lead nowhere. In the mid-2000s she started looking at a possible connection between Kawasaki disease and climate, along with Daniel Cayan, a meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. Their first success...info
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