The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia

Siat Yee Fong (2023) The need for a vaccine against hand, foot, and mouth disease in Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 17 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 1985-1758

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Abstract

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection, which commonly affects young children under five years of age (Yu et al., 2019). HFMD is caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species, particularly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), in the genus Enterovirus (Takahashi et al., 2016). Symptoms of HFMD usually include fever, sore throat and maculopapular or vesicular rashes on hands, feet and mouth, which resolve spontaneously. On the other hand, severe HFMD, which is often associated with EV71 infection, can lead to life-threatening cardiopulmonary and neurologic complications (Xu et al., 2015).

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Hand, Foot, and Mouth , Enterovirus , coxsackievirus
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC31-1245 Internal medicine > RC109-216 Infectious and parasitic diseases R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User:	ABDULLAH BIN SABUDIN -
Date Deposited:	14 Jan 2025 12:52
Last Modified:	14 Jan 2025 12:52
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42585

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