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hand-foot-and-mouth disease
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hand-foot-and-mouth disease [¦hand ¦fu̇t ən ′mau̇th di‚zēz]
(medicine)
An infectious disease of humans caused by a coxsackie virus and characterized by maculopapular and vesicular eruptions in the mouth and on the hands and feet.


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The spread of hand, foot and mouth disease is still in a period of ascendancy," ministry spokesman Deng Haihua told reporters.
Symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease include fever and sores.
According to WHO report dated 7 May 2008, as of 5 May, 4,496 cases, including 22 deaths, of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) due to enterovirus 71 (EV71) have been reported among infants and young children in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, since the beginning of the year.
 
 
 
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