Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination.

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination.

<h4>Background</h4>Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood illness caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species in the genus Enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family. The disease has had a substantial burden throughout East and Southeast Asia over the past 15 y. Ch...

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Main Authors: Saki Takahashi, Qiaohong Liao, Thomas P Van Boeckel, Weijia Xing, Junling Sun, Victor Y Hsiao, C Jessica E Metcalf, Zhaorui Chang, Fengfeng Liu, Jing Zhang, Joseph T Wu, Benjamin J Cowling, Gabriel M Leung, Jeremy J Farrar, H Rogier van Doorn, Bryan T Grenfell, Hongjie Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001958

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001958

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