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The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection, which commonly affects young children under five years of age (Yu et al., 2019). HFMD is caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species, particularly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), in the genus Enterovirus...

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Main Author: Siat Yee Fong
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UMS 2023
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RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42585/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42585/
https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i1.4285
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spelling my.ums.eprints.425852025-01-14T04:52:27Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42585/ The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia Siat Yee Fong RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC31-1245 Internal medicine Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection, which commonly affects young children under five years of age (Yu et al., 2019). HFMD is caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species, particularly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), in the genus Enterovirus (Takahashi et al., 2016). Symptoms of HFMD usually include fever, sore throat and maculopapular or vesicular rashes on hands, feet and mouth, which resolve spontaneously. On the other hand, severe HFMD, which is often associated with EV71 infection, can lead to life-threatening cardiopulmonary and neurologic complications (Xu et al., 2015). Penerbit UMS 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42585/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Siat Yee Fong (2023) The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 17 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 1985-1758 https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i1.4285
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topic RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
spellingShingle RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Siat Yee Fong
The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia
description Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection, which commonly affects young children under five years of age (Yu et al., 2019). HFMD is caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species, particularly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), in the genus Enterovirus (Takahashi et al., 2016). Symptoms of HFMD usually include fever, sore throat and maculopapular or vesicular rashes on hands, feet and mouth, which resolve spontaneously. On the other hand, severe HFMD, which is often associated with EV71 infection, can lead to life-threatening cardiopulmonary and neurologic complications (Xu et al., 2015).
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title The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia
title_short The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia
title_full The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia
title_fullStr The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia
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title_sort need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in malaysia
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