Monitoring the Influence of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: New Guidelines on Patient Care during the 2011–2012 Multiwaves and Multivariant Outbreak in Hai Phong City, Vietnam
Issued Date
2024-09-01
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eISSN
20760817
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85205062820
Journal Title
Pathogens
Volume
13
Issue
9
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Pathogens Vol.13 No.9 (2024)
Suggested Citation
Duy N.N., Huong L.T.T., Ravel P., Huong L.T.S., Dwivedi A., Kister G., Gavotte L., Devaux C.A., Thiem V.D., Thanh N.T.H., Duong T.N., Hien N.T., Cornillot E., Frutos R. Monitoring the Influence of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: New Guidelines on Patient Care during the 2011–2012 Multiwaves and Multivariant Outbreak in Hai Phong City, Vietnam. Pathogens Vol.13 No.9 (2024). doi:10.3390/pathogens13090777 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/101497
Title
Monitoring the Influence of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: New Guidelines on Patient Care during the 2011–2012 Multiwaves and Multivariant Outbreak in Hai Phong City, Vietnam
Author's Affiliation
Interactions Hôtes-Vecteurs-Parasites-Environnement Dans les Maladies Tropicales Négligées dues aux Trypanosomatides (INTERTRYP)
Observation Spatiale, Modèles & Science Impliquée
Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Hanoi
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Hai Phong Preventive Medicine Center
IHU Méditerranée Infection
Observation Spatiale, Modèles & Science Impliquée
Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Hanoi
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Hai Phong Preventive Medicine Center
IHU Méditerranée Infection
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Abstract
From 2011 to 2012, Northern Vietnam suffered its first large-scale hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) epidemic. Two sets of official guidelines were issued during the outbreak to handle the HFMD crisis. The city of Hai Phong was used as a model to analyze the impact of the released guidelines. A total of 9621 HFMD cases were reported in Hai Phong city from April 2011 to December 2012. Three distinct waves of HFMD occurred. Enterovirus A71 and Coxsackievirus A16 were successively associated with the epidemics. Two periods, before and after the guidelines’ release, could be distinguished and characterized by different patient patterns. The time to admission and severity changed notably. Guideline publications help the health system refocus on the 0.5–3 years age group with the highest incidence of the disease. The three waves showed different special distribution, but the main routes of infection were rivers and local secondary roads, most likely through local trade and occupational movements of people.