By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 15:21 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 15:21 GMT, 18 February 2019
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A wind-borne disease that inflames blood vessels and causes heart failure is infecting children in San Diego, health officials say.
Since the start of the year, 16 kids have been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.
Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine told the agency that twice as many children have been diagnosed compared with previous years.
Experts say the condition can be weather-related and that the triggers of the disease have come over to the US via wind from Asia.
Since January 1, 16 children have been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of the blood vessels and can lead to heart failure. Pictured: a rash associated with Kawasaki disease
Although scientists are not sure what causes the disease, past studies have shown that climate and environmental patterns may play a role.
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