September 30, 2016Emerging infectious diseasesOpen Access

Ambulatory Pediatric Surveillance of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease as Signal of an Outbreak of Coxsackievirus A6 Infections, France, 2014–2015

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Population

659 children with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in France

Design

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Authors

AMAudrey MirandUniversity of California, Riverside FSF. Vié le SageAssociation Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire RCRobert CohenEnzo Life Sciences (United States)

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Implication

Supports ambulatory surveillance for CV-A6 in atypical HFMD; leaves open whether testing alters management.

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Population

659 children with hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in France

Intervention

Prospective ambulatory clinic-based surveillance including throat or buccal swabs for enterovirus genome testing and standardized physical examinations

Outcome

Prevalence of enterovirus serotypes and clinical presentations associated with HFMD

Ambulatory syndromic surveillance and rapid enterovirus testing can effectively document HFMD outbreaks, revealing the dominance of CV-A6 and its association with atypical clinical manifestations in France.

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Mirand et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8670280e354d9fd799ae7a https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2211.160590

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Ambulatory Pediatric Surveillance of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease as Signal of an Outbreak of Coxsackievirus A6 Infections, France, 2014–2015

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Ambulatory Pediatric Surveillance of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease as Signal of an Outbreak of Coxsackievirus A6 Infections, France, 2014–2015

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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