Epidemic hand, foot and mouth disease caused by human enterovirus 71, Singapore

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-85

  Chan, Kwai Peng ^a   Goh, Kee Tai ^b   Chong, Chia Yin ^c   Teo, Eng Swee ^d   Lau, Gilbert ^d   Ling, Ai Ee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^c Kandang Kerbau Womens and Childrens Hospital   (Singapore)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS 71; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGAPORE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0037240370     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1301.020112     Document Type: Article

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