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Article: East China province reports 21 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease
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- May 4, 2008
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East China province reports 21 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease
NANCHANG, May 4 (Xinhua) -- East China's Jiangxi Province has
recorded 21 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease this year, but no
deaths have been reported, local health authorities said Sunday.
Ten cases were caused by the intestinal virus enterovirus 71
(EV71), while the others were caused by the Coxsackie A16 virus,
another kind of enterovirus, said a Jiangxi Provincial Disease
Prevention and Control Center official.
The number of hand-foot-mouth disease cases was almost the same
as last year. People should follow preventive measures but do not
need to panic, the official said.
EV71 can cause hand, foot and mouth disease, ...