Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1702-1704

  Flett, Kelly ^a   Youngster, Ilan ^a   Huang, Jennifer ^a   McAdam, Alexander ^a   Sandora, Thomas J ^a   Rennick, Marcus ^b   Smole, Sandra ^c   Rogers, Shannon L ^d   Allan Nix, W ^d   Steven Oberste, M ^d   Gellis, Stephen ^a   Ahmed, Asim A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS A6; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MOUTH LESION; PAPULAR RASH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BOSTON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 84866532006     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1810.120813     Document Type: Letter

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