Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common febrile illness caused by enteroviruses in the Picornaviridae family. The major symptoms of HFMD are fever and a vesicular rash on the hand, foot, or oral mucosa.
Kazuhiro Yoshida +3 more
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The exposure-response relationship between temperature and childhood hand, foot and mouth disease: A multicity study from mainland China. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a rising public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region. Numerous studies have tried to quantify the relationship between meteorological variables and HFMD but with inconsistent results, in particular ...
Gasparrini, Antonio +7 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]
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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Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
During fall 2008, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with onychomadesis (nail shedding) as a common feature occurred in Finland. We identified an unusual enterovirus type, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), as the causative agent. CVA6 infections
Riikka Österback +5 more
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Human enterovirus 71 and hand, foot and mouth disease [PDF]
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is generally a benign febrile exanthematous childhood disease caused by human enteroviruses. The route of transmission is postulated to be faeco-oral in developing areas but attributed more to respiratory droplet in ...
Lau, SKP, Wong, SSY, Yip, CCY, Yuen, KY
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Background: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is usually caused by EVA71 and CVA16 except for a few cases that are caused by non-EVA71 non-CAV16 enteroviruses.
Xuemin Fu +7 more
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Neutralizing antibody response in the patients with hand, foot and mouth disease to enterovirus 71 and its clinical implications [PDF]
International audienceEnterovirus 71 (EV71) has emerged as a significant pathogen causing large outbreaks in China for the past 3 years. Developing an EV71 vaccine is urgently needed to stop the spread of the disease; however, the adaptive immune ...
Chunfu Yang +4 more
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Nail changes secondary to hand-foot-mouth disease
Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral disease that is characterized by palmoplantar vesicular eruption and erosive stomatitis. Beau's line and onychomadesis can be observed as late findings following HFMD due to arrest in nail matrix. We aimed
Nebahat Demet Akpolat, Nezih Karaca
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Enterovirus 71 infection: An experience in Korea, 2009 [PDF]
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has been recognized as a frequent cause of epidemics of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) associated with severe neurological symptoms. In the spring of 2009, HFMD was epidemic in Korea.
Kyung Hyo Kim
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Short-term effect of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on pediatric hand, foot and mouth disease in Shenzhen, China. [PDF]
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) was an emerging viral infectious disease in recent years in Shenzhen. The underlying risk factors have not yet been systematically examined.
Hualiang Lin +6 more
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