Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Hong Kong: A Time-Series Analysis on Its Relationship with Weather.

Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an emerging enterovirus-induced infectious disease for which the environmental risk factors promoting disease circulation remain inconclusive. This study aims to quantify the association of daily weather variation with hospitalizations for HFMD in Hong Kong, a...

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Main Authors: Pin Wang, William B Goggins, Emily Y Y Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4988669?pdf=render