美国哈佛大学几个附属研究机构的研究人员发现,川崎综合征有病毒感染迹象。川崎综合征引起幼儿心脏损伤,其病因一直不明。该病的症状包括发热和皮疹,约15～20％川崎病病儿冠状动脉壁变薄弱。川崎综合征发现于日本,每年发病数百例,比美国更为普遍。发病方式与传染方式一致,即每隔数年发生一次流行,多在冬、春季节。研究人员已注意到逆转录病毒,此病毒促使本病中所见的一种白细胞生长。哈佛的研究人员在14名患川崎综合征儿童中发现5名患儿 Researchers at several affiliated research institutes at Harvard University found evidence of a viral infection in Kawasaki’s syndrome. Kawasaki syndrome caused by heart injury in children, the etiology has not been identified. Symptoms of the disease include fever and rash, and coronary artery wall weakening in about 15-20% of children with Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki syndrome found in Japan, the incidence of hundreds of cases each year, more common than the United States. Incidence of infection consistent with the way that once every few years, once the epidemic, mostly in winter and spring. Researchers have noticed the retrovirus, a type of leukocyte that the virus causes in this disease. Harvard researchers found 5 children in 14 children with Kawasaki syndrome