Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children who died from hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam, 2011

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nguyen, Ngoc T B ^a,b   Pham, Hau V ^b,c   Hoang, Cuong Q ^b,c   Nguyen, Tien M ^d   Nguyen, Long T ^e   Phan, Hung C ^c   Phan, Lan T ^e   Vu, Long N ^e   Tran Minh, Nguyen N ^b  

^a Medical University of Ho Chi Minh City   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam Field Epidemiology Training Program Office   (Viet Nam)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^d Children's Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^e Vietnam Ministry of Health   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestation; Enterovirus; Hand foot and mouth disease; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NORADRENALIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH ULCER; MYOCLONUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIET NAM; VOMITING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VIETNAM;

EID: 84902301437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-341     Document Type: Article

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