An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in bhubaneswar, Odisha

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-142

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

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

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Coxsackie A 16; Enterovirus 71; Epidemic; Hand foot and mouth disease; India

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DERMATOLOGIST; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; URBAN AREA; VIRUS STRAIN; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 84873340412     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-013-0033-0     Document Type: Article

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