Clinical manifestations of coxsackievirus A6 infection associated with a major outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-261

  Kobayashi, Masaaki ^a   Makino, Tomohiko ^b   Hanaoka, Nozomu ^b   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b   Enomoto, Miki ^b,c   Okabe, Nobuhiko ^d   Kanou, Kazuhiko ^b   Konagaya, Masami ^b   Oishi, Kazunori ^b   Fujimoto, Tsuguto ^b  

^a Kobayashi Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Consumer Sciences   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI CITY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A6; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; CRITERION VARIABLE; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MOUTH LESION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 84878122721     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.66.260     Document Type: Note

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