title: Sentinel surveillance for enterovirus 71, Taiwan, 1998.
abstract: Outbreaks of enterovirus 71 have been reported around the world since 1969. The most recent outbreak occurred in Taiwan during April-July 1998. This hand, foot, and mouth disease epidemic was detected by a sentinel surveillance system in April at the beginning of the outbreak, and the public was alerted.
authors.affiliation: Disease Surveillance and Quarantine Service, Ministry of Health, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification*; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006557:Herpangina / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology