Key result
Coxsackievirus A6 caused an outbreak of a new phenotype of hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicking chicken pox, affecting 133 patients in Japan.
Population
133 patients with a new phenotype of hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicking chicken pox
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May alert clinicians to CVA6 in varicella-like rashes; leaves open need for prospective surveillance of atypical HFMD.
Observational (n=133)
Identified a new phenotype of hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6 that mimics chicken pox and is associated with onychomadesis.
Miyamoto et al. (2014) conducted an observational in Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (n=133). Coxsackievirus A6 infection vs. Common type HFMD was evaluated. Coxsackievirus A6 caused an outbreak of a new phenotype of hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicking chicken pox, affecting 133 patients in Japan.
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