UCSD: Study reveals new clues about Kawasaki disease

"A study looking at the entire human genome has identified new genes that appear to be involved in making some children more susceptible to Kawasaki disease (KD), a serious illness that often leads to coronary artery disease, according to a new international study published in PLoS Genetics. This is the first genetic study of an infectious disease to look at the whole of the genome, rather than just selected genes. John Travolta's son, Jett, supposedly had this disease. Jett recently passed away in the Bahamas after a fall. The cause of death has not been released." La Jolla Light