Coxsackievirus A6 and hand, foot, and mouth disease, Finland.
During fall 2008, an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) with onychomadesis (nail shedding) as a common feature occurred in Finland. We identified an unusual enterovirus type, coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), as the causative agent. CVA6 infections may be emerging as a new and major cause of epidemic HFMD.
Osterback
Riikka
R
University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Vuorinen
Tytti
T
Linna
Mervi
M
Susi
Petri
P
Hyypiä
Timo
T
Waris
Matti
M
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013045:Species Specificity
D017931:DNA Primers