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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Individual cases and outbreaks of HFMD occur worldwide, more frequently in summer and early autumn. In the recent past, major outbreaks of HFMD attributable to enterovirus 71 have been reported in some South East Asian countries (Malaysia, 1997; Taiwan, 1998).[1]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
- In the Western Pacific Region, widespread epidemics have been reported in many countries, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.
- The epidemiology data on the hand foot mouth disease is limited in countries outside the Western Pacific Region.[2]
Geography
- In China, a total of 38,654 cases of hand foot mouth disease including deaths were reported in the month of February 2017.[2]
- In Japan, 333 cases of hand foot mouth disease were reported in the month of February 2017.
- In Vietnam, 705 cases of hand foot mouth disease were reported in the month of February 2017.
- In Singapore, 855 cases of hand foot mouth disease were reported in the month of February 2017.
References
References
- ↑ Chang PC, Chen SC, Chen KT (2016). “The Current Status of the Disease Caused by Enterovirus 71 Infections: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Molecular Epidemiology, and Vaccine Development”. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 13 (9). doi:10.3390/ijerph13090890. PMC 5036723. PMID 27618078.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “www.wpro.who.int” (PDF).
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