Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Dispatch
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Caused by Coxsackievirus A6, Thailand, 2012
Jiratchaya Puenpa, Thaweesak Chieochansin, Piyada Linsuwanon, Sumeth Korkong, Siwanat Thongkomplew, Preyaporn Vichaiwattana, Apiradee Theamboonlers, and Yong Poovorawan
Table
Causative agents identified during hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak, Thailand, 2012
| Virus | No. (%) cases |
|
|---|---|---|
| Hand, foot, and mouth disease | Herpangina | |
| Coxsackievirus A6 | 221 (32.9) | 21 (13.7) |
| Coxsackievirus A16 | 62 (9.2) | 2 (1.3) |
| Enterovirus A71 | 62 (9.2) | 0 |
| Panenterovirus only | 114 (17.0) | 78 (51.0) |
| None detected | 213 (31.7) | 52 (34.0) |
| Total | 672 | 153 |
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