The enterovirus 71 epidemic in 2008-public health implications for Hong Kong

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ma, Edmond ^a   Chan, King Chun ^a   Cheng, Peter ^a   Wong, Christine ^a   Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communicable disease; Emerging infection; Enterovirus 71; Epidemic; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HERPANGINA; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; TREND STUDY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77956614108     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2265     Document Type: Article

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