Emerging Hand Foot Mouth Disease in Bangladeshi Children- First Report of Rapid Appraisal on Pocket Outbreak: Clinico-epidemiological Perspective Implicating Public Health Emergency [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common contagious disease among children under 5 years, particularly in the Asia-Pacific-region. We report a localized outbreak of childhood HFMD for the first time from Bangladesh, diagnosed only based on clinical features due to lack in laborato...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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F1000 Research Ltd
2019-06-01
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Series: | F1000Research |
Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/7-1156/v3 |