Population based hospitalization burden of laboratory-confirmed hand, foot and mouth disease caused by multiple enterovirus serotypes in Southern China.

Population based hospitalization burden of laboratory-confirmed hand, foot and mouth disease caused by multiple enterovirus serotypes in Southern China.

BACKGROUND:Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is spread widely across Asia, and the hospitalization burden is currently not well understood. Here, we estimated serotype-specific and age-specific hospitalization rates of HFMD in Southern China. METHODS:We enrolled pediatric HFMD patients admitted to...

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Main Authors: Shuanbao Yu, Qiaohong Liao, Yonghong Zhou, Shixiong Hu, Qi Chen, Kaiwei Luo, Zhenhua Chen, Li Luo, Wei Huang, Bingbing Dai, Min He, Fengfeng Liu, Qi Qiu, Lingshuang Ren, H Rogier van Doorn, Hongjie Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203792

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