Hand Foot and Mouth Disease Due to Enterovirus 71 in Malaysia |
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| Authors: | Kaw Bing Chua Abdul Rasid Kasri |
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| Affiliation: | Kaw Bing Chua and Abdul Rasid Kasri(National Public Health Laboratory,Ministry of Health,Lot 1853,47000 Sungai Buloh,Selangor,Malaysia ) |
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| Abstract: | Hand foot and mouth disease is a febrile sickness complex characterized by cutaneous eruption (exanthem) on the palms and soles with simultaneous occurrence of muco-cutanous vesiculo-ulcerative lesions (enanthem) affecting the mouth. The illness is caused by a number of enteroviruses with coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71 as the main causative agents. Human enterovirus 71 (EV71) belongs to the species Human enterovirus A under the genus Enterovirus within the family Picornaviridae. EV71 has been associa... |
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| Keywords: | Hand foot and mouth disease Enterovirus 71 Malaysia |
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