| Autor: |
Goh KT, Doraisingham S, Tan JL, Lim GN, Chew SE |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Bulletin of the World Health Organization [Bull World Health Organ] 1982; Vol. 60 (6), pp. 965-9. |
| Abstrakt: |
Epidemiological studies were carried out during an extensive outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A 16 in Singapore in 1981. Most of the cases were concentrated in densely populated public housing estates, and the morbidity rate was highest in children under 5 years of age. The mean secondary attack rate for children under 12 years of age was 76.7% compared with an overall rate of 31.3%. The incubation period ranged from 1 to 7 days. Factors favouring the transmission of infection within a household included sharing of household and personal articles with the index case. The disease was mild and self-limiting. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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