Abstract
Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Yunyang County of Chongqing, China, 2012-2016
Highlights
Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a kind of infectious disease that occurs mostly in children under 5 years old
The incidence of HFMD has been increasing in some areas of China, and even outbreaks and epidemics
The specimens were detected by the Yunyang County CDC laboratory, and the real-time fluorescence quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to pick up the virus nucleic acid
Summary
Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a kind of infectious disease that occurs mostly in children under 5 years old. Many kinds of Enterovirus can cause the disease, the Coxsackievirus A16 (Cox A16) and Enterovirus type 71 (EV71) is most common. The common patients showed pain, anorexia, fever, herpes or ulcers in the hands, feet, and mouth, and the prognosis is good in one week. A few severe patients (especially children under 3 years old) are developing rapidly with complications such as pulmonary edema, myocarditis, and aseptic meningitis. On May 2, 2008, the state formally incorporated HFMD into the management of the report of the legal class C infectious diseases. The incidence of HFMD has been increasing in some areas of China, and even outbreaks and epidemics. To understand the incidence and epidemic trend of HFMD in Yunyang County of Chongqing, and to provide references for developing effective prevention and control measures, the epidemic characteristics of HFMD in Yunyang County of Chongqing in 2012-2016 years were analyzed
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