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Coxsackie Virus: Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease
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Coxsackie Virus: Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease

Nkanyezi N Ferguson
Inpatient Dermatology, pp.165-167
Springer International Publishing
11/03/2018
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_34

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Abstract

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a highly contagious viral illness characterized by fever and mucocutaneous vesiculopapules on the palms, soles, mouth, and buttocks, commonly caused by coxsackievirus-A16, enterovirus 71, and less commonly other members of the Picornavirus group.
Coxsackie Eczema coxsackium HFM

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