Hand–Foot–Mouth Disease
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 769
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Interests: epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology; public health
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Dear Colleagues,
Hand–foot–mouth disease (HFMD) is a common infectious disease caused by a variety of enteroviruses. Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Coxsackie virus A 16 (CA-16) are the major etiologic agents of HFMD and herpangina. Children under five years are particularly susceptible to contracting HFMD. EV71 was first isolated from a child with encephalitis in California in 1969. Since that time, several epidemics of EV71 have been reported. The clinical spectrum of HFMD presents with a wide range of clinical manifestations, including cutaneous, visceral, and neurological disorders. In recent years, HFMD has been known to cause several large-scale outbreaks of severe complications in children involving the central nervous system (CNS). Although present in most countries, most outbreaks of the disease have been found in the Asia-Pacific region; the reasons for this phenomenon are unclear. Because of the potential for causing severe neurologic disease by this virus, we need to understand the epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission mechanism, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HFMD.
Prof. Dr. Kow-Tong Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hand–foot–mouth disease
- Coxsackie virus
- epidemiology
- pathogenesis
- prevention
