Epidemiologic and Virologic Investigation of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Southern Vietnam, 2005

Epidemiologic and Virologic Investigation of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Southern Vietnam, 2005

During 2005, 764 children were brought to a large children’s hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a diagnosis of hand, foot, and mouth disease. All enrolled children had specimens (vesicle fluid, stool, throat swab) collected for enterovirus isolation by cell culture. An enterovirus was isola...

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Main Authors: Phan Van Tu, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thao, David Perera, Khanh Huu Truong, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, Tang Chi Thuong, Ooi Mong How, Mary Jane Cardosa, Peter Charles McMinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
enterovirus 71
viral skin diseases
viral encephalitis
Vietnam
research
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/07-0632_article

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