The Need for a Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Malaysia

Authors

  • Siat Yee Fong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i1.4285

Keywords:

vaccine, HFMD, disease

Abstract

Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a contagious viral infection, which commonly affects young children under five years of age (Yu et al., 2019). HFMD is caused by serotypes of the Enterovirus A species, particularly enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16), in the genus Enterovirus (Takahashi et al., 2016). Symptoms of HFMD usually include fever, sore throat and maculopapular or vesicular rashes on hands, feet and mouth, which resolve spontaneously. On the other hand, severe HFMD, which is often associated with EV71 infection, can lead to life-threatening cardiopulmonary and neurologic complications (Xu et al., 2015).

Author Biography

Siat Yee Fong

Borneo Medical and Health Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Sabah, Malaysia

Published

2023-01-31

How to Cite

Siat Yee Fong. (2023). The Need for a Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 17(1), 1 –. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i1.4285
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