Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie A16 virus in a childcare centre in Croatia, February to March 2011
| Autor: | V Slavic-Vrzic, Tatjana Vilibić-Čavlek, Ira Gjenero-Margan, Borislav Aleraj, Sunčanica Ljubin-Sternak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Foot-and-mouth disease Epidemiology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Outbreak hand foot and mouth disease medicine.disease Asymptomatic Hand-foot-and-mouth disease Virus Surgery stomatognathic system Virology Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Eurosurveillance. 16 |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| Popis: | We describe an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in a childcare centre in a district of Zagreb county, north-west Croatia. A total of eleven cases of HFMD occurred in the childcare centre and another nine were reported from nearby areas in the district. Coxsackie A16 virus was diagnosed in 13 clinical specimens obtained from 11 symptomatic and asymptomatic children. All cases resolved without complications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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