Caregivers: the potential infection resources for the sustaining epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease/herpangina in Guangdong, China?

• Main Authors: Jundi Liu (Author), Yan Chen (Author), Peipei Hu (Author), Lin Gan (Author), Qimin Tan (Author), Xinqiao Huang (Author), Zhanzhong Ma (Author), Cuiji Lin (Author), Dawei Wu (Author), Xun Zhu (Author), Dingmei Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although several measures have been taken to control hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) and herpangina (HA), these two diseases have been prevalent in China for 10 years with high incidence. We suspected that adults' inapparent infection might be the cause of the continued p...