Estimating the Incidence of Cases and Deaths Resulting from Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease and Its Related Socioeconomic Disease Burden in Republic of Korea (2010 – 2014)
Objectives Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects young children and frequently causes epidemics. A vaccine is available in China (enterovirus 71) and, the Republic of Korea took the first step to develop a new vaccine. New vaccine development requires...
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Language: | English |
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Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
2018-06-01
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Series: | Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives |
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Online Access: | http://ophrp.org/upload/phrp-9-3/ophrp-09-112.pdf |