Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2024)

Emerging Enterovirus A71 Subgenogroup B5 Causing Severe Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease, Vietnam, 2023

  • Nguyen Van Vinh Chau,
  • Tang Chi Thuong,
  • Nguyen Thanh Hung,
  • Nguyen Thi Thu Hong,
  • Du Tuan Quy,
  • Tran Ba Thien,
  • Cao Minh Hiep,
  • Ngo Ngoc Quang Minh,
  • Truong Huu Khanh,
  • Do Duong Kim Han,
  • Truong Hoang Chau Truc,
  • Nguyen Thi Han Ny,
  • Le Kim Thanh,
  • Lam Anh Nguyet,
  • Cao Thu Thuy,
  • Le Nguyen Truc Nhu,
  • Pham Van Quang,
  • Phung Nguyen The Nguyen,
  • Phan Tu Qui,
  • H. Rogier van Doorn,
  • C. Louise Thwaites,
  • Tran Tan Thanh,
  • Nguyen Thanh Dung,
  • Guy Thwaites,
  • Nguyen To Anh,
  • Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan,
  • Le Van Tan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3002.231024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 363 – 367

Abstract

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We report on a 2023 outbreak of severe hand, foot, and mouth disease in southern Vietnam caused by an emerging lineage of enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5. Affected children were significantly older than those reported during previous outbreaks. The virus should be closely monitored to assess its potential for global dispersal.

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