Sentinel surveillance for enterovirus 71, Taiwan, 1998.
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.
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Disease Surveillance and Quarantine Service, Ministry of Health, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Tsai
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Li
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Lee
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Huang
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Wang
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Hsu
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Shen
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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