Prevalence of Human Enterovirus among Patients with Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease and Herpangina in Thailand, 2013.

Prevalence and Characterization of Enterovirus Infections among Pediatric Patients with Hand Foot Mouth Disease, Herpangina and Influenza Like Illness in Thailand, 2012

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina are common infectious diseases caused by several genotypes of human enterovirus species A and frequently occurring in young children. This study was aimed at analyzing enteroviruses from patients with these diseases in Thailand in 2012. Detection and genotype determination of enteroviruses were accomplished by reverse transcription-polymerase ...

Surveillance of enterovirus infections in Yokohama city from 2004 to 2008.

A survey of human enterovirus (HEV) infections from 2004 to 2008 was conducted in Yokohama City, Japan. A total of 260 clinical samples in 247 patients were shown to be positive for enterovirus. Among them, 25 serotypes were identified, including 3 serotypes of poliovirus (19 samples). The prevalence rates of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), herpangina, and respiratory illness associated wit...

Enterovirus detection status of patients with herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease in epidemic season 2007, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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...

Enterovirus detection status from patients with herpangina and hand, foot and mouth disease in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

The number of weekly reported patients of herpangina in the Kanagawa Prefecture area (excluding Yokohama city and Kawasaki city) in 2006 exceeded 1.0 case per sentinel clinic at week 22 (May 29 June 4), and this appearance began approximately 2 weeks earlier than the past 5 years. A major prevalence like the one in 2001 was predicted, but this year it peaked at 7.07 cases per sentinel at week 2...