Population based hospitalization burden of laboratory-confirmed hand, foot and mouth disease caused by multiple enterovirus serotypes in Southern China.

Shuanbao YuQiaohong LiaoYonghong ZhouShixiong HuQi ChenKaiwei LuoZhenhua ChenLi LuoWei HuangBingbing DaiMin HeFengfeng LiuQi QiuLingshuang RenH Rogier van DoornProf Hongjie Yu

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Our study indicates a substantial hospitalization burden associated with non-severe HFMD in a rural county in southern China. Future mitigation policies should take into account the disease burden identified, and optimize interventions for HFMD.

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public health
risk factors
climate change
south africa