Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2012)

Enterovirus 71–associated Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Southern Vietnam, 2011

  • Truong Huu Khanh,
  • Saraswathy Sabanathan,
  • Tran Tan Thanh,
  • Le Phan Kim Thoa,
  • Tang Chi Thuong,
  • Vu thi Ty Hang,
  • Jeremy Farrar,
  • Tran Tinh Hien,
  • Nguyen van Vinh Chau,
  • H. Rogier van Doorn

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1812.120929
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 12
pp. 2002 – 2005

Abstract

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We prospectively studied 3,791 children hospitalized during 2011 during a large outbreak of enterovirus 71–associated hand, foot, and mouth disease in Vietnam. Formal assessment of public health interventions, use of intravenous immunoglobulin and other therapies, and factors predisposing for progression of disease is needed to improve clinical management.

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