title: Outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease caused by Coxsackie A16 virus in a childcare centre in Croatia, February to March 2011.
abstract: We describe an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in a childcare centre in a district of Zagreb county, north-west Croatia. A total of eleven cases of HFMD occurred in the childcare centre and another nine were reported from nearby areas in the district. Coxsackie A16 virus was diagnosed in 13 clinical specimens obtained from 11 symptomatic and asymptomatic children. All cases resolved without complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Croatian National Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. sljsternak@hzjz.hr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ljubin-Sternak
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Slavic-Vrzic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vilibić-Čavlek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aleraj
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gjenero-Margan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors