An Epidemic of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Caused by Coxsackievirus A6 in Osaka City, Japan, in 2017

• Kanbayashi Daiki

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

• Kaida Atsushi

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

• Hirai Yuki

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

• Yamamoto Seiji P

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

• Fujimori Ryoko

  Osaka City Public Health Bureau, Osaka City Health Center

• Okada Megumi

  Osaka City Public Health Bureau, Osaka City Health Center

• Kubo Hideyuki

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

• Iritani Nobuhiro

  Osaka Institute of Public Health

Abstract

The second largest epidemic of hand, foot, and mouth disease since 1982 occurred in 2017, which involved 6,173 cases in Osaka City, Japan. The main causative agent was coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the detected CV-A6 strains belonged to genetic groups A3 and A4 in clade A.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

  Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases 72 (5), 334-336, 2019

  National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee

Keywords

• hand
• foot
• and mouth disease
• coxsackievirus A6
• Japan
• viruses

Details

• CRID: 1390001277350427520
• NII Article ID: 130007709124
• NII Book ID: AA1132885X
• DOI: 10.7883/yoken.jjid.2018.532
• ISSN: 18842836
• ISSN: 13446304
• NDL BIB ID: 029987336
• PubMed: 31061358
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I029987336
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yoken/72/5/72_JJID.2018.532/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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