Epidemic Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Caused by Human Enterovirus 71, Singapore

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chan, Kwai Peng ; Goh, Kee Tai ; Chong, Chia Yin ; Teo, Eng Swee ; Lau, Gilbert ; Ling, Ai Ee
• Description:
  Singapore experienced a large epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in 2000. After reviewing HFMD notifications from doctors and child-care centers, we found that the incidence of HFMD rose in September and declined at the end of October. During this period, 3,790 cases were reported. We performed enteroviral cultures on 311 and 157 specimens from 175 HFMD patients and 107 non-HFMD patients, respectively; human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) was the most frequently isolated virus from both groups. Most of the HFMD patients were
• Subjects:
  Aged Age Distribution Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Encephalitis Enterovirus Enterovirus Infections Female Foot And Mouth Disease Hand Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease HEV71 Human Enterovirus Infection Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Myocarditis Pneumonitis Research Singapore

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(1):78-85.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0a6d46670059784bc3d4b5805ba6570b4e3e06e5711f2198e794537450b286ea
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13950/cdc_13950_DS1.pdf
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