Regional-level risk factors for severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease: an ecological study from mainland China
Abstract Background Severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a life-threatening contagious disease among young children and infants. Although enterovirus A71 has been well acknowledged to be the dominant cause of severe HFMD, there still remain other unidentified risk factors for severe HFMD. Pr...
Main Authors: | Qing Pan, Fengfeng Liu, Juying Zhang, Xing Zhao, Yifan Hu, Chaonan Fan, Fan Yang, Zhaorui Chang, Xiong Xiao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00927-9 |
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