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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 1386-1387Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid2407.171923
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- National Science and Technology Development Agency [P-15-5004]
- Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology, Chulalongkorn University [GCE59-00930-005]
- King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
- Ratchadaphiseksomphote Fund of Chulalongkorn University
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An outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease among children in Thailand peaked in August 2017. Enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 caused most (33.8%, 163/482) cases. Severe disease (myocarditis and encephalitis) was observed in 1 patient. Coxsackievirus A6 was detected in 6.0% (29/482) of patients, and coxsackievirus A16 was detected in 2.7% (13/482) of patients.
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