Severe enterovirus A71 associated hand, foot and mouth disease, Vietnam, 2018: preliminary report of an impending outbreak

Severe enterovirus A71 associated hand, foot and mouth disease, Vietnam, 2018: preliminary report of an impending outbreak

Since January 2018, over 53,000 hospitalisations and six deaths due to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have occurred across Vietnam with most cases from September onward. In a large tertiary referral hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, enterovirus A71 subgenogroup C4 was predominant, while B5 was only s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2018-11, Vol.23 (46)
Hauptverfasser: Nhan, Le Nguyen Thanh, Hong, Nguyen Thi Thu, Nhu, Le Nguyen Truc, Nguyet, Lam Anh, Ny, Nguyen Thi Han, Thanh, Tran Tan, Han, Do Duong Kim, Van, Hoang Minh Tu, Thwaites, C Louise, Hien, Tran Tinh, Qui, Phan Tu, Quang, Pham Van, Minh, Ngo Ngoc Quang, van Doorn, H Rogier, Khanh, Truong Huu, Chau, Nguyen Van Vinh, Thwaites, Guy, Hung, Nguyen Thanh, Tan, Le Van
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Sprache:eng
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Epidemics
Epidemiology
Hospitalization
Infections
Neurological disorders
Rapid Communication
Virology
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Zusammenfassung:Since January 2018, over 53,000 hospitalisations and six deaths due to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have occurred across Vietnam with most cases from September onward. In a large tertiary referral hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, enterovirus A71 subgenogroup C4 was predominant, while B5 was only sporadically detected. The re-emergence of C4 after causing a severe HFMD outbreak with > 200 deaths in 2011-12 among susceptible young children raises concern of another impending severe outbreak.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.46.1800590