Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Shandong, China, 2009–2016

Abstract In the past decade, hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has posed a serious threat to childhood health in China; however, no epidemiological data from large HFMD epidemics have been described since 2013. In the present study, we described the epidemiological patterns of HFMD in Shandong pr...

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Main Authors: Jing Wang, Tao Hu, Dapeng Sun, Shujun Ding, Michael J. Carr, Weijia Xing, Shixue Li, Xianjun Wang, Weifeng Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09196-z