Enterovirus A71 Infection, Thailand, 2017

An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease among children in Thailand peaked in August 2017. Enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 caused most (33.8%, 163/482) cases. Severe disease (myocarditis and encephalitis) was observed in 1 patient. Coxsackievirus A6 was detected in 6.0% (29/482) of patients, and...

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Autores principales: Puenpa, Jiratchaya, Auphimai, Chompoonut, Korkong, Sumeth, Vongpunsawad, Sompong, Poovorawan, Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912701
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.171923
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author Puenpa, Jiratchaya
Auphimai, Chompoonut
Korkong, Sumeth
Vongpunsawad, Sompong
Poovorawan, Yong
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description An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease among children in Thailand peaked in August 2017. Enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 caused most (33.8%, 163/482) cases. Severe disease (myocarditis and encephalitis) was observed in 1 patient. Coxsackievirus A6 was detected in 6.0% (29/482) of patients, and coxsackievirus A16 was detected in 2.7% (13/482) of patients.
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spelling pubmed-60387482018-07-11 Enterovirus A71 Infection, Thailand, 2017 Puenpa, Jiratchaya Auphimai, Chompoonut Korkong, Sumeth Vongpunsawad, Sompong Poovorawan, Yong Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease among children in Thailand peaked in August 2017. Enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 caused most (33.8%, 163/482) cases. Severe disease (myocarditis and encephalitis) was observed in 1 patient. Coxsackievirus A6 was detected in 6.0% (29/482) of patients, and coxsackievirus A16 was detected in 2.7% (13/482) of patients. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6038748/ /pubmed/29912701 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2407.171923 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6038748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29912701
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