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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Main Author: Donghee Seo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2018-06-01
Series:Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
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Online Access:http://ophrp.org/upload/phrp-9-3/ophrp-09-112.pdf