Epidemiological and etiological characteristics of hand-foot-mouth disease in Yongchuan District from 2009 to 2011
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.29.034
- VernacularTitle:永川地区2009～2012年手足口病流行病学及病原学特征分析
- Author:
Jing DING
;
Wenguang TIAN
;
Shiwei WANG
;
Zhi ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hand-foot-mouth disease;
epidemiology;
preventive measures;
yongchuan
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(29):3948-3950,3964
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To provide evidence for control and prevention of hand-foot-mouth disease(HFMD) ,we analyzed the epi-demiological and viral characteristics of HFMD in Yongchuan district from 2009 to 2012 .Methods We collected the clinical dates of HFMD cases from Diseases Infectious Department of the Yongchuan Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2009 to 2012 ,and analyzed the epidemiological characteristics .Results There were 509 HFMD cases in recruitment ,including 2 se-vere cases(one was dead) .The peak incidence of HFMD occurred from May to July annually .Between 2011 and 2012 ,there was an-other peak incidence ,which occurred from November to December .Most of the patients were under 5 years-old .The number of male cases was larger than that of the female .The number of scattered children cases was larger than that of the nursery children .More cases were reported in rural area than in urban area .Coxsackie virus A16(Cox A16) and other enteroviruses were the predominant strains of HFMD ,however enterovirus 71(EV71) infected cases increased sharply between 2011and 2012 .Enterovirus 71(EV71) inflection is the main cause of severe and death of HFMD .Conclusion The prevalence of HFMD in Yongchuan district had signifi-cant seasonal ,sex and age-specific ,regional differences and etiological characteristics .It was very important to make practical man-agements to prevent occurrence of HFMD according to these epidemiological characteristics .
