Epidemiology and etiological characteristics of hand, foot and mouth disease in Huizhou City between 2008 and 2011

Archives of Virology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 895-899

  Qiaoyun, Fang ^a   Xiongfei, Ju ^a   lihuan, Liang ^a   Angao, Xu ^b  

^a Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Huizhou   (China)

^b HUIZHOU MUNICIPAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Epidemiologic features; Foot and mouth disease; Hand; Human enterovirus 71; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

COXSACKIEVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS 71;

EID: 84876061620     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1566-6     Document Type: Article

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