Article
Enteroviruses isolated from herpangina and hand-foot-and-mouth disease in Korean children.
Virology journal - 17 Sept 2012
Park KwiSung, Lee BaeckHee, Baek KyoungAh, Cheon DooSung, Yeo SangGu, Park JoonSoo, Soh JaeWan, Cheon HaeKyung, Yoon KyungAh, Choi YoungJin
Abstract excerpt
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina are commonly prevalent illness in young children. They are similarly characterized by lesions on the skin and oral mucosa. Both diseases are associated with various enterovirus serotypes. In this study, enteroviruses from patients with these diseases in Korea in 2009 were isolated and analyzed. Demographic data for patients with HFMD and herpangina were compared...
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