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Article: 1st Ld-Writethru: Suspected death case of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in south China
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- May 2, 2008
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1st Ld-Writethru: Suspected death case of hand-foot-mouth disease
reported in south China
GUANGZHOU, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A suspected death case of hand-foot-
mouth disease was reported in south China's Guangdong Province, the
provincial health department announced early Saturday morning.
The case was reported in Gaoming district of Foshan city on
Friday, and the victim was an 18-month-old boy who died at 10 a.m.
Friday after he got ill on April 27, the Guangdong Provincial Health
Department said in a statement.
The case was probably caused by the intestinal virus known as
enterovirus 71, or EV71, according to the instant sample examination
from the provincial disease prevention control ...