Effect of hand washing and personal hygiene on hand food mouth disease
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Risk factors for hand, foot, and mouth disease and herpangina and the preventive effect of hand-washing.
BACKGROUND Hygiene and social distancing are recommended control measures for hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina. However, empirical data to support this recommendation are limited. METHODS During an outbreak of HFMD and herpangina due to infection by the human enterovirus 71, we defined a case as a vesicular papular rash on the hands, feet, buttocks, or oral mucosa and onset...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000013144