Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan.

Shieh, W. J.; Jung, S. M.; Hsueh, C.; Kuo, T. T.; Mounts, A.; Parashar, U.; Yang, C. F.; Guarner, J.; Ksiazek, T. G.; Dawson, J.; Goldsmith, C.; Chang, G. J.; Oberste, S. M.; Pallansch, M. A.; Anderson, L. J.; Zaki, S. R.

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Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan.

Published Date:

2001 Jan-Feb

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Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):146-148.

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Shieh, W. J. ; Jung, S. M. ; Hsueh, C. ; Kuo, T. T. ; Mounts, A. ; ... More ▼

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In 1998, an outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth disease occurred in Taiwan. Pathologic studies of two fatal cases with similar clinical features revealed two different causative agents, emphasizing the need for postmortem examinations and modern pathologic techniques in an outbreak investigation.

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