据京都新闻1982年8月6日报道:最近已经查明一种新粒子,被认为是川崎病的病原体。这种新粒子既不是病毒,也不是细菌,而是一种全新种类的Microbac-teria。这种粒子状生物由肉眼可见的壁虱传播,而壁虱可以生在家庭室内的任何角落。以京都大学医学部病理学教室的浜岛羲博教授和山梨医科大学寄生虫免疫学教室的田坂捷雄助教授为中心的研究小组,已将这一新发现和最近研究成果发表在英国科学杂志Lancet上。浜岛教授等人,现在正在进行病原体的分离,配合动物感染实验。如果成功,即是继1930年日本发现恙虫病病原体以来约半世纪后,又一次发现新病原体。这样的话,就可能进行疫苗及抗血清的研制, According to the Kyoto Press, August 6, 1982, a new particle has recently been identified and is considered to be the causative agent of Kawasaki disease. The new particle is neither a virus nor a bacterium, but a completely new species of Microbacter. This particulate-like creature is transmitted by visible ticks, and ticks can be born in any corner of the home’s interior. A research group led by Prof. Hiroyuki Hamajima, Department of Pathology, Kyoto University Medical School, and Prof. Yasuhiro Sagase, Professor of Parasite Immunology, Yamanashi University of Technology, has published the latest findings in the British science magazine Lancet. Professor Hamajima and others are now engaged in the separation of pathogens, with animal experiments. If successful, that is, after about half a century since the discovery of the tsutsugamushi disease in Japan in 1930, another new pathogen was discovered. In this case, it is possible to develop vaccines and antisera,