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Detection and characterization of viruses causing hand, foot and mouth disease from children in Seri Kembangan, Malaysia.
Tropical biomedicine - 1 Dec 2014
Ling Beh Poay, Jalilian Farid Azizi, Harmal Nabil Saad, Yubbu Putri, Sekawi Zamberi
Abstract excerpt
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common viral infection among infants and children. The major causative agents of HFMD are enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16). Recently, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6) infections were reported in neighboring countries. Infected infants and children may present with fever, mouth/throat ulcers, rashes and vesicles on hands and feet. Moreover, EV71 infections might...
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