Epidemiology and etiology of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Fujian province, 2008-2014

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• 作者：Yuwei Weng ; Wei Chen ; Meng Huang ; Wenxiang He ; Kuicheng Zheng…
• 关键词：Hand ; foot ; and mouth disease ; Enterovirus ; Epidemiology ; Etiology
• 刊名：Archives of Virology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：162
• 期：2
• 页码：535-542
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Virology; Medical Microbiology; Infectious Diseases;
• 出版者：Springer Vienna
• ISSN：1432-8798
• 卷排序：162

文摘

Millions of cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) have been reported annually in mainland China since 2008. In this study, we investigated the epidemiology and etiology of an HFMD epidemic in Fujian province, which is located in subtropical southeastern China. Our study found similar epidemiological features of HFMD in southern areas of China, including seasonality and demographic distribution, as well as correlation between severity of illness and serotype. At least 22 serotypes of other enterovirus co-circulating with enterovirus 71 were found to belong to clade C4a, and those circulating with coxsackievirus A16 were associated with clades B1a and B1b.