Prevalence and Analyses of the Changing Etiology of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in China.
- Author:
Qi ZHAO
;
Junping ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
epidemiology;
Disease Outbreaks;
Enterovirus;
classification;
genetics;
isolation & purification;
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease;
epidemiology;
virology;
Humans;
Prevalence
- From:
Chinese Journal of Virology
2015;31(5):554-559
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral infectious disease regarded to be a public-health problem worldwide. Since the 1990s, HFMD began to spread in the Asia-Pacific region (especially in South-East Asia). HFMD outbreaks have occurred in mainland China frequently since 2008, and the morbidity and mortality of HFMD has continued to increase in recent years. In mainland China, enterovirus A serotype enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) have been the major pathogens of HFMD during these years. However, the etiological spectrum of HFMD changes with time. This review focuses mainly on the etiological spectrum of HFMD and changes in epidemic patterns in mainland China.
