Effect of Climatic Factors on Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in South Korea, 2010-2013.

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) causes characteristic blisters and sores mainly in infants and children, and has been monitored in South Korea through sentinel surveillance since 2009. We described the patterns of HFMD occurrence and analyzed the effect of climatic factors on national HFMD inci...

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Main Authors: Bryan Inho Kim, Hyunok Ki, Sunhee Park, Eunhi Cho, Byung Chul Chun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4902224?pdf=render