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enterovirus 71

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enterovirus 71
Virology A virulent epidemic enterovirus serotype identified in 1969 in California Clinical Asymptomatic or diarrhea, rashes, hand-foot-mouth disease–vesicular lesions of hands, feet and oral mucosa, herpangina, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, acute flaccid paralysis, rhombencephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, rapidly fatal pulmonary edema, hemorrhage


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According to WHO report dated 7 May 2008, as of 5 May, 4,496 cases, including 22 deaths, of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) due to enterovirus 71 (EV71) have been reported among infants and young children in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, since the beginning of the year.
Enterovirus 71 (EV-71), which causes a severe strain of hand, foot and mouth disease, normally peaks in June and July.
 
 
 
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