Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome
coxsackievirus A16. In those outbreaks due to enterovirus 71, the illness may be more severe with complications such as viral meningitis and encephalitis and paralytic disease. However, hand-foot-and-mouth disease as a rule is, fortunately, mild and self-limited.
The condition was first reported in 1956 in Australia and by the early 60s had emerged as a common childhood illness around the world. It is also called hand-foot-and-mouth disease and sometimes the hyphens are dropped and it is termed hand, foot, and mouth syndrome (or disease).
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