Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD): A newly emerging infection in Orissa, India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-

  Dwibedi, Bhagirathi ^a   Kar, Bikash Ranjan ^b   Kar, Shantanu Kumar ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COXSACKIE VIRUS A; ENTEROVIRUS 71; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 78650555024     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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