Epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease in West Bengal, India in August, 2007: A multicentric study

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Sarma Nilendu (Author), Sarkar Abhijit (Author), Mukherjee Amlan (Author), Ghosh Apurba (Author), Dhar Sandipan (Author), Malakar Rajib (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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<b>Background:</b> Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is caused mostly by Coxsackievirus A16 (CA16) and enterovirus 71 (EV71). Epidemic of HFMD has occurred in India only once in Kerala in 2003. We report here a recent outbreak of HFMD in three districts of West Bengal, India. <b>...