Outbreak of variant hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6 in Auckland, New Zealand

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 751-755

  Hayman, Rebecca ^a   Shepherd, Michael ^a   Tarring, Claire ^b   Best, Emma ^a,c  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

coxsackievirus infection; disease outbreak; hand foot and mouth disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIEVIRUS A6; EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEW ZEALAND; RASH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROVIRUS A; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; FEMALE; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84908246193     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12708     Document Type: Article

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