title: Hand, foot and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6, Beijing, 2013.
abstract: Specimens and clinical data were collected from 243 hand, foot and mouth disease patients in Beijing in 2013. In total, 130 stool specimens were genotyped for enterovirus. Hand, foot and mouth disease was mainly detected in suburban areas and at the edges of urban areas between May and August. Coxsackievirus (CV) A6 replaced enterovirus (EV) 71 and CVA16, becoming the main causative agent of hand, foot and mouth disease. CVA6 infection led to significantly reduced fever duration and glucose levels compared with EV71 infection.
authors.affiliation: From the *Beijing Ditan Hospital, Peking University Teaching Hospital, Beijing, China; †Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; and ‡Liaocheng City Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: Gu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hongyan
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chengjie
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiaozhi
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wenhao
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Juan
authors.forename: Pang
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yanli
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hongshan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xingwang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D013383:Suburban Population; D055815:Young Adult