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... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Picornaviridae Infections > Enterovirus Infections > Coxsackievirus Infections > Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

Preferred term

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hand Foot and Mouth Disease
  • Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
  • Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease

Note

  • do not confuse with FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE or with HAND-FOOT SYNDROME

Scope note

  • A mild, highly infectious viral disease of children, characterized by vesicular lesions in the mouth and on the hands and feet. It is caused by coxsackieviruses A.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS 1979-90; was see under COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTIONS 1970-78

In other languages

  • enterorokko

    Finnish

  • enteroviruksen aiheuttama rakkulainen stomatiitti ja ihottuma
  • enteroviruksen aiheuttama rakkulainen suutulehdus ja ihottuma
  • käsi-, suu- ja jalkatauti
  • käsi-suu-jalkatauti
  • stomatitis enteroviralis vesiculosa cum exanthemate
  • Höstblåsor

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006232

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