Spatio-Temporal Distribution and Hotspots of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Northern Thailand [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2013 Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) is an emerging viral disease, and at present, there are no antiviral drugs or vaccines available to control it. Outbreaks have persisted for the past 10 years, particularly in northern Thailand. This study aimed to elucidate the phenomenon of HFMD outbreaks from 2003 to 2012 using general statistics and spatial ...
Ratchaphon Samphutthanon +3 more
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A literature review and case report of hand, foot and mouth disease in an immunocompetent adult [PDF]
, 2017 Background: to report an uncommon case of hand, foot and mouth disease, (HFMD) in an immunocompetent adult; a highly infectious disease, characterized by the appearance of vesicles on the mouth, hands and feet, associated with coxsackieviruses and ...
Jané Salas, Enric +5 more
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD): An Update
Bangladesh Journal of Child Health, 2017 Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) also known as vesicular stomatitis with exanthema, first reported in New Zealand in 1957 is caused by Coxsackie virus A16 (CVA16), human enterovirus 71 (HEV71) and occasionally by other HEV-A serotypes, such as Coxsackie virus A6 and Coxsackie virus A10, are also associated with HFMD and herpangina.
Md Abu Tayab +2 more
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An atypical manifestation of hand-foot and mouth disease involving the genitalia
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2021 Hand-foot and mouth disease (HFMD), an acute viral illness, is caused by the Coxsackievirus (CV) that commonly affects young children. We report a case of a 15-month-old female child with painful erosions over the genitalia, following which she developed
Bharathi Ravikumar +2 more
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Hand, foot, and mouth disease: A case series from rural set up of Gujarat
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016 Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is common viral illness among children characterized by prodromal fever followed by sore throat, rash over hands and feet, and ulcers in mouth. Though rare, patients can develop complications.
Rochit Singh, Nilofar Diwan, Pragya Nair
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Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong [PDF]
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Cowling, BJ, Lau, EHY, Wu, P, YANG, B
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Virological investigation of hand, foot, and mouth disease in a tertiary care center in South India
Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2012 Context: Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) remains a common problem in India, yet its etiology is largely unknown as diagnosis is based on clinical characteristics. There are very few laboratory-based molecular studies on HFMD outbreaks.
Pavithra M Vijayaraghavan +4 more
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Best practices to prevent transmission and control outbreaks of hand, foot, and mouth disease in childcare facilities: a systematic review. [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: Hand, foot, and mouth disease continues to cause seasonal epidemics in the Asia-Pacific Region. Since the current Enterovirus 71 vaccines do not provide cross-protection for all Enterovirus species that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease ...
CK Law +5 more
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Quantifying the relationship between the climate and Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) incidences [PDF]
2011 Fourth International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, 2011 This paper aims to examine the relationship between climate changes and Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) incidences. A study to examine the relationship between the weather and the HFMD cases in Sarawak, Malaysia had been done. However, the weather data obtained from the five meteorological stations in Sarawak were too few to represent the whole Sarawak,
Pei Fung Leong +3 more
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The significance of Notch ligand expression in the peripheral blood of children with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a virus-induced infectious disease that usually affects infants and children, has an increased incidence in China in recent years.
Bai, Zhen Jiang +8 more
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