Description:
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness of infants and children. The disease causes fever and blister-like eruptions in the mouth and/or a skin rash. HFMD is often confused with foot-and-mouth (also called hoof-and-mouth) disease, a disease of cattle, sheep, and swine; however, the two diseases are not related—they are caused by different viruses.
Causes of the Disease
1. belong to the enterovirus genus (group), such as, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses.
2. Coxsackievirus A16 is the most common cause of HFMD in the United States, but other coxsackieviruses have been associated with the illness.
3. Enteroviruses, including enterovirus 71, have also been associated with HFMD.
How it is grow
1. Infection is spread from man to man by direct contact with infectious virus. The virus is most often spread by indivudal with unwashed, virus-contaminated hands and by contact with virus-contaminated surfaces.
2. The viruses of HFMD can remain in the body for weeks after a patient's symptoms have gone away. Also, some people who are infected and excreting the virus, including most adults, may have no symptoms.
3. HFMD is not transmitted to or from other animal.
Causes of the Disease
1. belong to the enterovirus genus (group), such as, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses.
2. Coxsackievirus A16 is the most common cause of HFMD in the United States, but other coxsackieviruses have been associated with the illness.
3. Enteroviruses, including enterovirus 71, have also been associated with HFMD.
How it is grow
1. Infection is spread from man to man by direct contact with infectious virus. The virus is most often spread by indivudal with unwashed, virus-contaminated hands and by contact with virus-contaminated surfaces.
2. The viruses of HFMD can remain in the body for weeks after a patient's symptoms have gone away. Also, some people who are infected and excreting the virus, including most adults, may have no symptoms.
3. HFMD is not transmitted to or from other animal.
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