Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a common illness of infants and children, is one of a group of enteroviral diseases
Infection results in immunity to the specific virus, but a second episode is possible from a different strain of virus belonging to the enterovirus family[3]
HFMD is an acute, self-limiting disease characterized by fever, diffuse oral lesions and a vesicular skin rash
Summary
Hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD), a common illness of infants and children, is one of a group of enteroviral diseases. Coxsackie virus group A types 4, 5, 9 and 10;group B types 2 and 5 and enterovirus 71 cause HFMD. The disease occurs worldwide, both sporadically and in epidemics, mainly in children under 10 years of age. The spread the disease can occur through direct contact with aerosol droplets, nasal discharge, saliva, faeces and fluid from vesicles. It can spread through indirect contact with articles contaminated by secretions. HFMD occurs mainly in children under 10 years of age, but adults may be at risk. Infection results in immunity to the specific virus, but a second episode is possible from a different strain of virus belonging to the enterovirus family[3]
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