Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan Province, China, 2008-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2016, enterovirus 71 (EV71) vaccines have been approved for market entry, and little is known about how the epidemiology of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) has been affected by the introduction of the vaccines in Yunnan Province. The study describes the epidemiological characteristics of HFMD before and after the introduction of EV71 vaccination in Yunnan Province.

Methods

Surveillance data collected between 2008 and 2019 were analyzed to produce epidemiological distribution on cases, etiologic composition, and EV71 vaccination coverage, as well as to compare these characteristics before and after EV71 vaccination.

Results

A total of 1,653,533 children received EV71 vaccines from 2016 through 2019 in Yunnan. The annual EV71 vaccination coverage r

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336324 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature