Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland

During fall 2008, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with onychomadesis (nail shedding) as a common feature occurred in Finland. We identified an unusual enterovirus type, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), as the causative agent. CVA6 infections may be emerging as a new and major cause of e...

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Autores principales: Österback, Riikka, Vuorinen, Tytti, Linna, Mervi, Susi, Petri, Hyypiä, Timo, Waris, Matti
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788821
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090438
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author Österback, Riikka
Vuorinen, Tytti
Linna, Mervi
Susi, Petri
Hyypiä, Timo
Waris, Matti
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Susi, Petri
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description During fall 2008, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with onychomadesis (nail shedding) as a common feature occurred in Finland. We identified an unusual enterovirus type, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), as the causative agent. CVA6 infections may be emerging as a new and major cause of epidemic HFMD.
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spelling pubmed-28198582010-02-23 Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland Österback, Riikka Vuorinen, Tytti Linna, Mervi Susi, Petri Hyypiä, Timo Waris, Matti Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During fall 2008, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with onychomadesis (nail shedding) as a common feature occurred in Finland. We identified an unusual enterovirus type, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), as the causative agent. CVA6 infections may be emerging as a new and major cause of epidemic HFMD. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2819858/ /pubmed/19788821 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.090438 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Österback, Riikka
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Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
title Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
title_full Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
title_fullStr Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
title_full_unstemmed Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
title_short Coxsackievirus A6 and Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Finland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819858/
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