Enterovirus 71 is a significant cause of serious illness and potential death in young children in Taiwan, highlighting the need for vaccine development.
Hand-foot-mouth disease/herpangina is a common disease in Taiwan. Enterovirus 71 infection has emerged as an important public problem causing serious clinical illness and, potentially, death in young children. Vaccine development is recommended for prevention of enterovirus 71 infection in the future.
Chen et al. (Wed,) studied this question.