Is the outbreak of onychomadesis related to the outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease?
The study reinforces existing evidence for the association between onychomadesis and hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
Our data indicate that onychomadesis outbreak in the region of Thessaloniki during fall-winter 2012-13 was highly related to the outbreak of HFMD. Our study reinforces existing evidence for the association between onychomadesis and HFMD.
Apalla et al. (Fri,) studied this question.