Epidemiology of recurrent hand, foot and mouth disease, China, 2008–2015

• Main Authors: Jiao, Huang, Qiaohong, Liao, Mong, How Ooi, Cowling, Benjamin J., Zhaorui, Chang, Peng, Wu, Fengfeng, Liu, Yu, Li, Li, Luo, Shuanbao, Yu, Hongjie, Yu, Sheng, Wei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19878/2/Epidemiology.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19878/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042327291&doi=10.3201%2feid2403.171303&partnerID=40&md5=4678fe091d0d084ad071aa636c725bee

Using China’s national surveillance data on hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) for 2008–2015, we described the epidemiologic and virologic features of recurrent HFMD. A total of 398,010 patients had HFMD recurrence; 1,767 patients had 1,814 cases of recurrent laboratory-confirmed HFMD: 99 reinfecti...