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In 2011, after the end of the 2009 new influenza epidemic, four diseases, Kawasaki disease (KD), hand-foot-and-mouth disease, erythema infectiosum, and aseptic meningitis, occurred simultaneously in Tokyo, but in 2024, after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, the incidence of KD was suppressed by the outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, resulting in the simultaneous occurrence of three diseases other than KD

Akira Awaya,

Akira Awaya

1) Dermatology & Epidemiology Research Institute (DERI), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. 2) Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa

Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa

1) Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Hospital Mizonokuchi, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. 2) Department of Medical Office, Ministry of Finance, Japanese Government, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 3) Department of Neurology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

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  10.33425/2690-5191.1136 Published: 28 Dec, 2024
Awaya A, Kuroiwa Y. In 2011, after the end of the 2009 new influenza epidemic, four diseases, Kawasaki disease (KD), hand-foot-andmouth disease, erythema infectiosum, and aseptic meningitis, occurred simultaneously in Tokyo, but in 2024, after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, the incidence of KD was suppressed by the outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, resulting in the simultaneous occurrence of three diseases other than KD. Med Clin Sci. 2024;6(6):033
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