Etiologic and epidemiologic analysis of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guangzhou city: A review of 4,753 cases

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-465

  Zou, Xiao ni ^a   Zhang, Xiao zhuang ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Qiu, Yi teng ^a  

^a Maternal and Children Hospital of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Coxsackie virus A16; Epidemic; Hand, foot and mouth disease; Human enterovirus 71

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; FEMALE; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866841099     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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