Laboratory Based Surveillance of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Four Provinces of Northern Thailand (2012-2016)
Punnarai Veeraseatakul, Somkhid Thichak & Salakchit Chutipongvivate · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2017
Background: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood exanthema, characterized by a brief febrile illness, sore in the mouth and vesicular lesions on the hands, feet and mouth. HFMD is caused by enteroviruses, mainly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackievirus A16 (C...
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10.9734/IJTDH/2017/35812