Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Bingyi ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMANS;

EID: 84974777109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27500     Document Type: Article

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